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'''Francisco Goldman''' (born 1954) is an American [[novelist]], [[journalism|journalist]], and Allen K. Smith Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, [[Trinity College (Connecticut)|Trinity College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://internet2.trincoll.edu/facProfiles/Default.aspx?fid=1017882 |title=Faculty Profiles |website=Internet2.trincoll.edu |accessdate=2010-11-28}}</ref> His most recent novel, ''Monkey Boy'' (2021), was a finalist for the 2022 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].
 
==Life==
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==Career==
Francisco Goldman has published five novels and one book of non-fiction. His most recent novel is ''Monkey Boy'', published in 2021 and a finalist for the 2022 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Monkey Boy, by Francisco Goldman (Grove Press)|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/francisco-goldman|access-date=June 3, 2022|website=[[The Pulitzer Prizes]]}}</ref> His prior novel, ''Say Her Name'', was published in April 2011. His first novel, ''The Long Night of White Chickens'' (1992), won the [[Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction]]. His subsequent novels have been finalists for several prizes, including The Pen/Faulkner and the [[International Dublin Literary Award]]. ''The Art of Political Murder'' won The Index on Censorship [[T.R. Fyvel Book Award]], The WOLA/Duke Human Rights Book Award, and has been shortlisted for the 2012 [[Ryszard Kapuscinski International Award for Literary Reportage]]. ''Say Her Name,'' in its French translation, won the 2011 [[Prix Femina Etranger]].
 
In November 2007, Goldman acted as guest-fiction editor for ''[[Guernica Magazine]]''. ''The Ordinary Seaman'' was named one of the 100 Best American Books of the Century by ''The [[Hungry Mind Review]].'' He received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998 and has been a fellow at the Cullman Center at the [[New York Public Library]]. His books have been translated and published in a total of 15 languages worldwide.