Luis Omar Salinas

Luis Omar Salinas
Born(1937-06-24)June 24, 1937
Robstown, Texas
DiedMay 25, 2008(2008-05-25) (aged 70)
Sanger, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationBakersfield College (AA)
Occupations
  • Author
  • poet
  • professor

Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008) was a leading Chicano poet[1] who published a number of well-received collections of poetry, including the Crazy Gypsy, which has been described as "a classic of contemporary and Chicano poetry",[2] I Go Dreaming Serenades, and Afternoon of The Unreal. He was awarded the Stanley Kunitz award by Columbia Magazine for one of his poems, and a General Electric Foundation Award. Salinas is regarded as "one of the founding fathers of Chicano poetry in America,"[3] with many of his poems being "canonized in U.S. Hispanic literature."[4]

  1. ^ "Luis Omar Salinas: Chicano Poet" by Gary Soto, MELUS, Vol. 9, No. 2, Ethnic Biography and Autobiography (Summer, 1982), The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS), page 47.
  2. ^ "Elegy for Desire: Luis Omar Salinas 1937-2008" by Christopher Buckley, The Writer's Chronicle, October/November 2008, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs.
  3. ^ "Luis Omar Salinas," The HyperTexts Literary Journal, accessed Nov. 14, 2009.
  4. ^ Nicolás Kanellos (2003). Hispanic literature of the United States: a comprehensive reference. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 146.