Alurista

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Alurista
Other forms of name
Heredia, Alberto Urista
Heredia, Alberto Baltazar Urista
Urista Heredia, Alberto Baltazar
Date of birth
1947-08-08
Associated country
Mexico
United States
Occupation
College teachers
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 08/08/1947
Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin America literature
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 25207711
Wikidata: Q4737563
Library of congress: n 81070819
TAU10: 000516854
Sources of Information
  • His Tremble purple, 1987:p. 3 (Alurista; has pub. six collections of poetry; edits journal Maize; Ph.D. in Spanish and Lat. Amer. lit.; asst. prof. of Spanish at Cal Poly U. in San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 16, 2014(at San Diego State College)
  • Maldonado, J. Poesía chicana Alurista, el mero chingón, 1971.
  • Meier, Matt S. Mexican American biographies, 1988:pages 4-5 (Alurista (Alberto Urista Heredia). Born in Mexico City August 8, 1947 and spent his early life in Cuernavaca and Acapulco, Mexico. In his teens, moved to San Diego, California where he graduated from high school, attended Chapman College, and completed his BA at San Diego State University in 1971 and his PhD from University of California, San Diego, in 1982. Taught creative writing and Chicano literature at San Diego State University. Considered the leading Chicano poet of the 1960s.)
  • Southwest tales, c1985:CIP t.p. (Alurista) data sheet (b. 8/8/47)
  • Contreras, Sheila Marie. Blood lines, 2008.