Anaya, Rudolfo A.

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Name (Latin)
Anaya, Rudolfo A.
Other forms of name
Anaya, Rudolfo
Anaya, Rudolfo Alfonso
Date of birth
1937-10-30
Date of death
2020-06-28
Place of birth
Pastura (N.M.)
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
Albuquerque (N.M.)
Field of activity
American literature
Creative writing
Associate group
University of New Mexico
Occupation
College teachers
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Rudolfo Alfonso
Biographical or Historical Data
b. Oct. 30, 1937
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 110322020
Wikidata: Q1326764
Library of congress: n 80065960
OCoLC: oca00447536
Sources of Information
  • Anaya, Rudolfo. Alburquerque [SR]:cover frame (Rudolfo Anaya)
  • Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), June 14, 2005(Rudolfo A(lfonso) Anaya; b. Oct. 30, 1937, Pastura, N.M.; University of New Mexico, M.A. (English), 1969, M.A. (guidance and counseling), 1972; University of New Mexico, professor emeritus, 1993-)
  • Info converted from 678 field, 25 November 2013(b. Oct. 30, 1937)
  • LC database, July 2, 2020(access point: Anaya, Rudolfo A.; usage: Rudolfo Anaya, Rudolfo A. Anaya)
  • Washington post WWW site, viewed July 2, 2020(in obituary dated July 1, 2020: Rudolfo Anaya, who helped spark a Chicano literary renaissance with his 1972 novel "Bless Me, Ultima," died June 28 at his home in Albuquerque. He was 82. He wrote dozens of novels, plays, nonfiction books and poetry collections while teaching at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, 1968. Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya was born in Pastura, N.M., on Oct. 30, 1937. He worked as a public school teacher and as a counselor at the University of Albuquerque before joining the faculty of his alma mater, where he helped found the creative writing program. To support up-and-coming authors, Mr. Anaya founded a writers retreat in Jemez Springs, N.M., where he also maintained an orchard of apple, cherry and pear trees with his wife, the former Patricia Lawless)
  • His Bless me, Ultima, 1972.
  • The farolitos of Christmas, c1995:CIP t.p. (Rudolfo Anaya)
  • Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), June 14, 2005(Rudolfo A(lfonso) Anaya; b. Oct. 30, 1937, Pastura, N.M.; University of New Mexico, M.A. (English), 1969, M.A. (guidance and counseling), 1972; University of Albuquerque, professor emeritus, 1993-)