Título: Giannina Braschi
Seção: Pivotal works
Background: Giannina Braschi (born February 5, 1953) is a Puerto Rican writer. She is credited with writing the first Spanglish novel Yo-Yo Boing! (1998), the post-modern poetry trilogy Empire of Dreams (Yale, 1994) and the philosophical fiction United States of Banana (AmazonCrossing, 2011), which chronicles the Latin American immigrants' experiences in the United States. "

Conteúdo: In the 1980s, Giannina Braschi burst onto the downtown Nuyorican poetry scene with spoken word performances of rhythmic intensity, humorous gusto, and anti-imperialistic politics. Her prose poems were written, recited, and published entirely in Spanish during this period. Her first collection of Spanish prose poetry, Asalto al tiempo, debuted in Barcelona in 1980 and was followed by La Comedia profana in 1985 and El imperio de los suenos in 1988. New York is the site and subject of much of her work. In a climatic episode of "Pastoral or the Inquisition of Memories", shepherds invade 5th Avenue on the Puerto Rican Day Parade and take over the City of New York; the shepherds ring the bells of St. Patrick's Cathedral and seize the observation deck of the Empire State Building.  Poet and feminist scholar Alicia Ostriker has praised Braschi's Empire of Dreams, which features gender role-playing and transvestism, for having "sheer erotic energy that defies definition and dogma." "Those three award winning books were published together as the inaugural volume of the Yale Library of Literature in Translation." (Braschi 1998: Yo-Yo Boing!: 13)  In the 1990s, Giannina Braschi began writing dramatic dialogues in English, Spanish, and Spanglish. Her bilingual novel Yo-Yo Boing! (AmazonCrossing) is experimental in format and radical in its defiance of English-only laws, ethnic cleansing campaigns, and the corporate censorship.  In 2011, Giannina Braschi debuted "United States of Banana," 

user: What was a pivotal work for Giannina?

assistant: 2011, Giannina Braschi debuted "United States of Banana," her first work written entirely in English;

user: How well was this work received?

assistant: experimental in format and radical in its defiance of English-only laws, ethnic cleansing campaigns, and the corporate censorship.

user: Was she influenced by anyone for this work?

assistant: New York is the site and subject of much of her work.

user: Is there other interesting notes about this work?

assistant: Her first collection of Spanish prose poetry, Asalto al tiempo, debuted in Barcelona

user: What was the format of this work, was it also experimental?

assistant: award winning books

user: What was the subject of the poetry?

assistant: New York is the site and subject of much of her work.

user: Did she have any other pivotal works?

assistant: La Comedia profana in 1985

user: How did the critics react to La Comedia?

assistant: " "Those three award winning books were published together as the inaugural volume of the Yale Library of Literature in Translation." (Braschi 1998: Yo-Yo Boing!: 13)

user: What awards did she win for her writing?

assistant: Those three award winning books

user: Did she have any more works than those 3?

assistant: In 2011, Giannina Braschi debuted "United States of Banana," her first work written entirely in English;

user: How well did the critics receive it?

assistant: The Economist cited "United States of Banana" among the best sources for bold statements on the economy: "Banks are the temples of America.