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Rudolfo Anaya: —: Author Biography
Rudolfo Anaya: —: Author.
An acclaimed Chicano writer, Rudolfo Anaya has become best known for his award-winning novels, such as Bless Me, Ultima (), Tortuga (), and Alburquerque (). Anaya, who taught at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque for nineteen years before retiring in , has also published epic poems, short stories, nonfiction, plays, and children's books. He has been credited as a leader in the Latino literary community for his ground-breaking style and his success in writing stories that capture the essence of the Chicano experience.
Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya was born on October 30, , in the small town of Pastura, New Mexico, to Martín and Rafaelita (Mares) Anaya. Anaya's father, who came from a family of cattle workers and sheep-herders, was a vaquero, a horseman who worked on the ranches surrounding Pastura, and his mother came from a family of poor farmers, who were devote Catholics. Anaya, who was the fi
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Published Works of Rudolfo Anaya
Novels
Bless Me, Última ()
Bless Me, Ultima is Rudolfo Anaya's first novel, written around and published in
Heart of Aztlán ()
Heart of Aztlán is the second novel in a trilogy begun with Bless Me, Ultima and concluded with Tortuga.
Tortuga ()
This is Anaya's third novel, in which he utilizes his own childhood experience of being temporarily crippled in a swimming accident to create a semi-ficitonal story.
The Legend of La Llorona: A Short Novel ()
A short novel published in , in which Anaya reconstructs the famous story of La Llorona, delving into the tale's historical origins, mythological powers, and communal functio
Alburquerque ()
"Alburquerque is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family. . . .
Zia Summer ()
This is the first mystery novel in the Sonny
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Rudolfo Anaya
American author (–)
Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, June 28, ) was an American author. Noted for his novel Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano and New Mexican literature.[1][2] The themes and cultural references of the novel, which were uncommon at the time of its publication, had a lasting impression on fellow Latino writers. It was subsequently adapted into a film and an musikdrama.
Early life and education
[edit]Rudolfo Anaya was raised in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His father, Martín Anaya, was a vaquero from a family of boskap workers and sheepherders. His mother, Rafaelita (Mares), was from a family composed of farmers from Puerto De Luna in the Pecos Valley of New Mexico.[3] Anaya grew up with two half-brothers, from his mother's previous marriage, and kvartet sisters. The beauty of the desert flatlands of New Mexico, referenced as the llano in Anaya's writings,