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Katherine Vaz (born August 26, 1955) is an American writer. A Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard University (2003–9), a 2006–7 Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fall, 2012 Harman Fellow at Baruch College in New York, she is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Saudade (St. Martin’s Press, 1994), the first contemporary novel about Portuguese-Americans from a major New York publisher. It was optioned by Marlee Matlin/Solo One Productions and selected in the Barnes & Nobles Discover Great New Writers series.

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  • كاثرين فاز (بالإنجليزية: Katherine Vaz)‏ هي كاتِبة أمريكية، ولدت في 26 أغسطس 1955 في Castro Valley ‏ في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • Katherine Vaz (born August 26, 1955) is an American writer. A Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard University (2003–9), a 2006–7 Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fall, 2012 Harman Fellow at Baruch College in New York, she is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Saudade (St. Martin’s Press, 1994), the first contemporary novel about Portuguese-Americans from a major New York publisher. It was optioned by Marlee Matlin/Solo One Productions and selected in the Barnes & Nobles Discover Great New Writers series. Her second novel, Mariana, (HarperCollins, 1997), was selected by the Library of Congress as one of the Top 30 International Books of 1998 and has been translated into six languages. Vaz's first short story collection Fado & Other Stories received the 1997 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and her second collection, Our Lady of the Artichokes, won the 2007 Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Vaz is a recipient of a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (1993) and the Davis Humanities Institute Fellowship (1999). She has been named by the Luso-Americano as one of the Top 50 Luso-Americanos of the twentieth century and is the first Portuguese-American to have her work recorded for the Library of Congress, housed in the Hispanic Division. The Portuguese-American Women’s Association (PAWA) named her 2003 Woman of the Year. She was appointed to the six-person U.S. Presidential Delegation to open the American Pavilion at the World’s Fair/Expo 98 in Lisbon. She lives in New York City and the Springs area of East Hampton with Christopher Cerf, whom she married in July, 2015. (en)
  • Katherine Vaz (Castro Valley, 26 de agosto de 1955) é uma escritora Norte-americana. Bolseira Briggs-Copeland de Ficção, na Universidade de Harvard (2003-9), Bolseira de 2006-7 da Radcliffe Instituto de Estudos Avançados, e no Outono de 2012 na Barich College em Nova Iorque, ela é a autora do aclamado romance de Saudade (St. Martin's Press, 1994), o primeiro romance contemporâneo sobre luso-americanos publicado numa grande editora de Nova Iorque. Foi escolhida por Marlee Matlin/Solo Um Productions e selecionada pela Barnes & Nobles para a colecção de Novos Escritores. O seu segundo romance, Mariana, (HarperCollins, 1997), foi escolhido pela Biblioteca do Congresso como um dos 30 melhores Livros Internacionais, de 1998, e foi traduzido para seis idiomas. A primeira colectânea de contos de Vaz designada por Fado E Outras Histórias recebeu em 1997 o Prémio Drue Heinz de Literatura e a sua segunda colectânea, Nossa Senhora das Alcachofras, ganhou a 2007 Prémio do Livro Pairie Escuna. Vaz é recebeu uma bolsa de Literatura da National Endowment for the Arts (1993) e do Davis Humanities Institute (1999). Ela tem sido nomeada pelo Luso-Americano como uma dos Top 50 dos Luso-Americanos do século XX e é a primeira luso-Americana a ter o seu trabalho gravado na Biblioteca do Congresso, na Divisão Hispânica. A Associação de Mulheres Luso-Americanas (PAWA) nomeou-a Mulher do Ano de 2003. Foi nomeada para a delegação presidencial de seis pessoas para abrir o Pavilhão Americano na Expo 98 em Lisboa. Ela vive em Nova Iorque e na zona de Springs de East Hampton com Christopher Cerf, com quem se casou em julho de 2015. (pt)
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  • photo by Christopher Cerf (en)
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  • Novels, short stories, non-fiction, children’s literature (en)
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  • كاثرين فاز (بالإنجليزية: Katherine Vaz)‏ هي كاتِبة أمريكية، ولدت في 26 أغسطس 1955 في Castro Valley ‏ في الولايات المتحدة. (ar)
  • Katherine Vaz (born August 26, 1955) is an American writer. A Briggs-Copeland Fellow in Fiction at Harvard University (2003–9), a 2006–7 Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Fall, 2012 Harman Fellow at Baruch College in New York, she is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Saudade (St. Martin’s Press, 1994), the first contemporary novel about Portuguese-Americans from a major New York publisher. It was optioned by Marlee Matlin/Solo One Productions and selected in the Barnes & Nobles Discover Great New Writers series. (en)
  • Katherine Vaz (Castro Valley, 26 de agosto de 1955) é uma escritora Norte-americana. Bolseira Briggs-Copeland de Ficção, na Universidade de Harvard (2003-9), Bolseira de 2006-7 da Radcliffe Instituto de Estudos Avançados, e no Outono de 2012 na Barich College em Nova Iorque, ela é a autora do aclamado romance de Saudade (St. Martin's Press, 1994), o primeiro romance contemporâneo sobre luso-americanos publicado numa grande editora de Nova Iorque. Foi escolhida por Marlee Matlin/Solo Um Productions e selecionada pela Barnes & Nobles para a colecção de Novos Escritores. (pt)
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