Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020)
Autore di La magia di Ultima
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo: c. Michael Mouchette, courtesy University of New Mexico Press
Serie
Opere di Rudolfo Anaya
Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima; Tortuga; Alburquerque (LOA #361) (Library of America, 361) (2022) 18 copie
Flow of the river = Corre el río 1 copia
Who Killed Don José? 1 copia
Bened, The 1 copia
Opere correlate
Join In: Multiethnic Short Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (1943) — Collaboratore — 77 copie
Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Collaboratore — 48 copie
Without Discovery: A Native Response to Columbus (Turning Point Series) (1992) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Best of the West 4: New Stories from the Wide Side of the Missouri (1991) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Anaya, Rudolfo Alfonso
- Data di nascita
- 1937-10-30
- Data di morte
- 2020-06-28
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pastura, New Mexico, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Pastura, New Mexico, USA
Santa Rosa, New Mexico, USA - Istruzione
- University of New Mexico (BA|English|1963)
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
poet
teacher
professor - Organizzazioni
- 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 (mostra tutto 11)
La Academia Society
La Compania de Teatro de Albuquerque
Multi-Ethnic Literary Association
Before Columbus Foundation
Sigma Delta Pi - Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Medal of Arts (2001)
Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (1997)
PEN Center West Award (Fiction)
Robert Kirsch Award (2011) - Agente
- Susan Bergholz Literary Services
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- Popolarità
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- Voto
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- Recensioni
- 172
- ISBN
- 171
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 4