Stella Pope Duarte (born South Phoenix) is a

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American

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Life

She graduated from

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with a B.A. and MA in Educational Counseling. She taught at

from 1999–2008, and South Mountain Community College. She was a member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts from 2006 to 2010.

Awards

* 2009

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

, for ''If I Die in Juarez'' * 2004 Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Award * 2001 Arizona Commission on the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, for ''Let Their Spirits Dance'' * 1997 Arizona Commission on the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, for ''Fragile Night''

Works

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Anthology

References

External links

"Author's website"

* ttps://barriozona.com/stella-pope-duarte-interview-with-the-arizona-award-winning-chicana-writer/ "Stella Pope Duarte, A Writer's Call: Nowhere to Run", ''Barriozona Magazine'', March 6 2006 {{DEFAULTSORT:Duarte, Stella Pope 20th-century American novelists Arizona State University alumni Arizona State University faculty Writers from Phoenix, Arizona Living people Hispanic and Latino American novelists 21st-century American novelists American women novelists 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers American Book Award winners Novelists from Arizona Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics