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(1932-2022) Writer, novelist. Cecile Pineda was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Berkeley, California.

Full Name

Cecile Pineda

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1932

BIRTH

Cecile Pineda was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, on September 24, 1932.

1954

OTHER

Ms. Pineda graduated from Barnard College in 1954.

1985

LITWORK

Face
Viking Adult
670803308 / 978-0670803309
Novel, nominated for the American Book Award for a first novel and was a finalist for the National Book Award for a first work of fiction..

1986

LITWORK

Frieze
Viking Adult
0670811793 / 978-0670811793
Novel.

1992

LITWORK

The Love Queen of the Amazon
Little Brown & Company
0316708127 / 978-0316708128
Novel.

2001

LITWORK

Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood
Wings Press
0930324676 / 978-0930324674
Semi-autobiographical novel.

2002

LITWORK

Bardo99
Wings Press
9780930324834 / 978-0930324834
Mononovel.

2004

LITWORK

Redoubt: A Mononovel
Wings Press
0930324862 / 978-0930324865
Mononovel.

2012

LITWORK

Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step
Wings Press
0916727998 / 978-0916727994
Nonfiction.

2015

LITWORK

Apology to a Whale: Words to Mend a World
Wings Press
1609404408 / 978-1609404406
Nonfiction.

2016

LITWORK

Three Tides: Writing at the Edge of Being
Wings Press
0930324927 / 978-0930324926
Nonfiction.

2020

LITWORK

Entry Without Inspection: A Writer's Life in El Norte
University of Georgia Press
0820358460 / 978-0820358468
Memoir.

2022

DEATH

Cecile Pineda died at her home in Berkeley, California, on August 11, 2022.

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