Rudolfo Anaya

Rudolfo Anaya
Born(1937-10-30)October 30, 1937
Pastura, New Mexico, U.S.
DiedJune 28, 2020(2020-06-28) (aged 82)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • poet
  • playwright
  • educator
NationalityAmerican
Notable worksBless Me, Ultima
Alburquerque
Notable awards
SpousePatricia Lawless

Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, 1937 – June 28, 2020) was an American author. Noted for his 1972 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 opera.

  1. ^ Cesar A. Gonzales-T., The Ritual and Myth of Experience in the Works of Rudolfo A. Anaya, published in A Sense of Place: Rudolfo A. Anaya: An Annotated Bio-Bibliography (2000).
  2. ^ Garcia, Annemarie Lynette (2010). A culture of divisions : cultural representations of La Bruja and La Curandera in Nuevo Mexicano folklore and literature. OCLC 727743507.