Education
PhD in English Literature, The University of Iowa
MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Iowa
MA in Creative Writing, Johns Hopkins University
BA in English Literature, Duke University
Robert Antoni is equal parts Trinbagonian, Bahamian, and U.S. citizen. His fictional world is the British West Indies—the region’s history, geography, mythology, folklore, and above all, its vernacular languages. His books have garnered a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Commonwealth Writers Prize, an NEA, the BOCAS prize for Best Book from the Caribbean, the Aga Kahn Prize from the Paris Review, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Trinidad & Tobago National Library. Antoni’s work has been translated into five languages.
Partial list of publications: Foreign Body, Cut Guavas, As Flies to Whatless Boys, Carnival, My Grandmother’s Erotic Folktales, Blessed Is the Fruit, and Divina Trace
Genres: Fiction, nonfiction, and cross-genre writing
Awards: Recipient of many awards and prizes, including the Guggenheim fellowship, The Paris Review’s Aga Kahn Prize, and the Commonwealth Writers Prize
Languages: English, Spanish
Current residences: USA, Spain