Judith Ortiz Cofer
Judith Ortiz Cofer (February 24, 1952 – December 30, 2016) was a Puerto Rican author. She is best known for her works of creative non-fiction and her works are to exposes the rifts and gaps that arise between her split cultural heritages. Her work also explores such subjects as racism and sexism in American culture. She was also an author of a children´s book. The topics she wrote about over her career: A Love Story Beginning in Spanish, Reaching for the Mainland and Selected New Poems, Terms of Survival, and The Poet Upstairs, Animal Jamboree/La Fiesta De Los Animales: Latino Folktales / Leyendas, and A Bailar!/Let’s Dance. Most of her topics are about children, animals, and love. Judith Ortiz Cofer was voted into the Georgia Writers Hall of fame.
Early Life
Judith Ortíz Cofer was born to Jesus Lugo Ortíz and Fanny Morot in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico, on February 24, 1952. She moved to Paterson, New Jersey with her family in 1956. Morot(her mother) gave birth to Judith Ortíz Cofer when she was fifteen years old. [1]They believed they would have more opportunities for young parents in America. Despite Lugo’s (her father) passion for academia, he left school and joined the U.S. Navy. Also, he assigned to Panama when his daughter was born. He met Judith Ortiz Cofer for the first time two years later. It is evident that her family’s move from Puerto Rico to New Jersey influenced her writing.
How She Became a Writer
Ortiz Cofer's work can be classified as creative nonfiction. Her narrative self influenced by oral storytelling, which inspired by her grandmother. In Puerto Rico, their tradition is to tell a story or storytelling. [2]She began her writing career with poetry, Her work The Latin Deli. She nominated for a Pulitzer-Prize. Explores various genres, combining poetry, short fiction, and personal narrative. [3]Ortiz Cofer's works often focus on negotiating her life between two cultures. American and Puerto Rican, and how this process informs her sensibilities as a writer. Her work also explores such subjects as racism and sexism in American culture.
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