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The First Tortilla
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An Elegy on the Death of Cesar Chavez
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Roadrunner's Dance
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Shaman Winter
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Maya's Children
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Rudolfo Anaya, an educator and author, 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, he taught in the Albuquerque public schools and in 1974 began teaching at the University of New Mexico.
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.
Anaya has lectured extensively around the world. His works have been translated into many languages including Italian, Russian and Japanese. With his wife Patricia, he founded the Aztlan Premio, a prize encouraging Chicano writers. Anaya resides in Albuquerque.
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.
Anaya has lectured extensively around the world. His works have been translated into many languages including Italian, Russian and Japanese. With his wife Patricia, he founded the Aztlan Premio, a prize encouraging Chicano writers. Anaya resides in Albuquerque.
