Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz is the Rudge and Nancy Allen Professor of Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and serves as fiction editor for The Boston Review. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey, he is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MacArthur Fellow whose work explores themes of immigration, cultural identity, and sociocultural dissonance.

• Education: Rutgers University, Cornell University

His research and teaching focus on creative writing, Caribbean literature, and the Latinx diaspora experience. Díaz’s recent publications, including essays in the New York Times and short fiction like The Books of Losing You, analyze trauma, machismo, and transnational identity formation through minimalist, emotionally charged prose.

Scientific and Literary Awards:

• 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
• MacArthur Fellowship
• PEN/Malamud Award
• Dayton Literary Peace Prize
• Guggenheim Fellowship
• PEN/O. Henry Award