Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020)
Auteur van Bless Me, Ultima
Over de Auteur
Rudolfo Anaya, an educator and author, was born on October 30, 1937, in Pastura, New Mexico. He earned a B.A. in English in 1963, an M.A. in 1968 and a second M.A. in Guidance Counseling in 1972 from the University of New Mexico. During the 1960s, Anaya taught in the Albuquerque public schools. In toon meer 1974 he began to teach at the University of New Mexico and earned the title of professor emeritus in 1993. Anaya's first novel, Bless Me, Ultima began as a trilogy including Heart of Aztlan (1976), and Tortuga (1979). This loose trilogy based on his life experience as a Chicano child, formed Anaya's reputation. Anaya mixed old Spanish folk tales based on the oral tradition with a theme of loss, specifically the loss of religious belief. In 1993, he won the PEN West Center Fiction Award for his novel Albuquerque. 1995 Anaya received both the El Fuego Nuevo Award from the Mexican American Educators and the Excellence in Humanities Award from the New Mexico Endowment for the Humanities. Anaya has lectured extensively around the world. His works have been translated into many languages such as Italian, Russian and Japanese. With his wife Patricia, he founded the Aztlan Premio, a prize encouraging Chicano writers. Anaya resides in Albuquerque. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded him the National Humanities Medal. He died at the age of 82 on June 28, 2020. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Photo: c. Michael Mouchette, courtesy University of New Mexico Press
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Werken van Rudolfo Anaya
The Man Who Could Fly And Other Stories (Chicana & Chicano Visions of the Americas) (2006) 35 exemplaren
Randy Lopez Goes Home: A Novel (Chicana & Chicano Visions of the Americas Series) (2011) 31 exemplaren
Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima; Tortuga; Alburquerque (LOA #361) (Library of America, 361) (2022) 18 exemplaren
The Sorrows of Young Alfonso (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series) (2016) 6 exemplaren
Owl in a Straw Hat: El Tecolote del sombrero de paja (English and Spanish Edition) (2017) 5 exemplaren
Blue Mesa Review (No. 3): Frontiers 2 exemplaren
Billy the Kid and Other Plays (Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas series) (2011) 2 exemplaren
Flow of the river = Corre el río 1 exemplaar
Who Killed Don José? 1 exemplaar
Blue Mesa Review, Number 2 (1990) 1 exemplaar
Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetr 1 exemplaar
Puerto del Sol Spring 1998 (Volume 33, Number 1) 1 exemplaar
Bened, The 1 exemplaar
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (1999-04-01) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Anaya, Rudolfo Alfonso
- Geboortedatum
- 1937-10-30
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2020-06-28
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Pastura, New Mexico, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Pastura, New Mexico, USA
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, USA - Opleiding
- University of New Mexico (BA|English|1963)
- Beroepen
- novelist
poet
teacher
professor - Organisaties
- Modern Language Association of America
American Association of University Professors
National Council of Teachers of English
Trinity Forum
Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines
Rio Grande Writers Association (toon alle 11)
La Academia Society
La Compania de Teatro de Albuquerque
Multi-Ethnic Literary Association
Before Columbus Foundation
Sigma Delta Pi - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- National Medal of Arts (2001)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1997)
PEN Center West Award (Fiction)
Robert Kirsch Award (2011) - Agent
- Susan Bergholz Literary Services
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