Rudolfo Anaya
Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya (born October 30, 1937 in Pastura near Santa Rosa , New Mexico , † June 28, 2020 in Albuquerque ) was an American writer who was often named as the founder of Chicano literature , i.e. the literature of Mexican Americans becomes.
biography
After attending Albuquerque High School , he studied English at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA English) and then in 1968 with a Master of Arts (MA English). He then accepted a professorship for English studies at the University of New Mexico and taught there until his retirement .
Anaya made his literary debut in 1972 with the youth novel Bless Me, Ultima (1972), the story of a Chicano boy in New Mexico in the 1940s. He subsequently published the novels Heart of Aztlan (1976), Tortuga (1979), The Silence of the Llano (1982) and The Legend of La Llorona (1984), before he started a collection in 1986 with A Chicano in China (1986) edited of essays .
After the books The Anaya Reader (1995) and Rio Grande Fall (1996), he published several other novels with Shaman Winter (1998), Alburquerque (1999) and Zia Summer (2000), the start of a four-part cycle about the private detective Sonny Baca . His works have also been translated into German , for example by Barbara Traber .
Anaya was also politically active and was a supporter of Democrat John Kerry in the 2004 US presidential election . He died in New Mexico in late June 2020 at the age of 82.
Honors (selection)
- In 2015 Anaya received the National Humanities Medal .
- In 2002 Anaya received the National Art Award at the White House.
- In 2001 the Los Angeles Times honored him with the Robert Kirsch Award for his life's work .
- 1980: American Book Award for Tortuga
Publications (selection)
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Bless Me, Ultima . New York, Grand Central Publ., [Approx. 2009], ISBN 0-446-51783-6 .
- German: Bless me, Ultima . Novel, translated from American English by Horst Tonn, Nexus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 978-3-923301-07-2
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Rio Grande case . Warner Books, New York 1997, ISBN 0-446-60486-0 .
- German: The waters of the Río Grande . Roman, translated from American English by Ursula Bischoff, Droemer Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 978-3-426-60501-1
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Zia Summer , Warner, New York 1996, ISBN 0-446-60316-3 .
- German: sun sign . Roman, translated from American English by Ursula Bischoff, Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-426-60502-8
- The blessing of the curandera . A novel, translated by Ursula Bischoff, Droemer Knaur, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-426-60500-4 .
- The spirit of the coyote . Roman, translated from American English by Ursula Bischoff, Droemer Knaur, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-426-60690-2 .
literature
- Marga Munkelt, epilogue to The Silence of the Llano , in: Mexican-American Short Stories , Reclams Fremdsprachentexte, Reclam, Stuttgart 2004, revised edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-15-009124-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolfo Anaya in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rudolfo Anaya in the nndb (English)
- Biography (Hispanic Heritage)
- Bless Me, Ultima: About the Author
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project
- Biography (notablebiographies.com)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Famed Chicano author Rudolfo Anaya dies at age 82. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Rudolfo Anaya
- ↑ Rudolfo Anaya: the somewhat “different” crime series ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anaya, Rudolfo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anaya, Rudolfo Alfonso (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pastura , New Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 2020 |
| Place of death | Albuquerque |