Rudolfo Anaya. Photo: c. Michael Mouchette, courtesy University of New Mexico Press |
Rudolfo Anaya: Fiction, Plays and Children's
Fiction
Famed for portraying the flavor of New Mexico
through exquisite prose and wondrous storytelling, Rudolfo Anaya
has been hailed as the father of Chicano literature in English. The
winner of the PEN Center West Award for Fiction for his novel,
Albuquerque, he is perhaps best known for his bestseller
Bless Me, Ultima, which won the Premio Quinto Sol national
Chicano literary award. His other works include
Zia Summer,
Rio Grande Fall,
Jalamanta,
Tortuga,
Heart of Aztlan,
Anaya Reader, and his most recent mystery novel,
Shaman Winter.
A professor emeritus of English at the University of
New Mexico, Mr. Anaya has also written short stories, essays, and
children's books.
Documentation includes his novels,
Shaman Winter,
Zia Summer, and
Rio Grande Fall; a love poem, Isis in the Heart; two children's books by
Anaya : Farolitos for Abuelo and
The Farolitos of
Christmas; and two publications about Anaya
: Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya, edited by Bruce Dick and Silvio Siria
,
and pláticas: Conversations with Hispanic Writers of New
Mexico by Nasario Garcia .
Originally submitted by: Jeff Bingaman, Senator.
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