Sergio Troncoso | |
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.jpg) Sergio Troncoso | |
| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
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| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
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| Period | 1990s-present |
| Genre | Novels, short stories, essays, nonfiction |
| Subject | literary fiction, philosophy and literature, Mexican-American literature |
| Notable works | Nobody's Pilgrims, The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, From This Wicked Patch of Dust, Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, The Nature of Truth |
| Notable awards | Inducted Member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame; Premio Aztlán Literary Prize; Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story; Fulbright Scholarship; Fellow of the Texas Institute of Letters; Literary Legacy Award; Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame; Inducted Member of the Texas Institute of Letters; In the Margins Book Awards- Top Ten List; Bronze Award for Anthologies from Independent Publisher Book Awards; Southwest Book Award; Gold Medal for Best Novel-Adventure or Drama from International Latino Book Awards; Gold Medal for Best Collection of Short Stories from International Latino Book Awards; Silver Award for Adult Multicultural Fiction from ForeWord Reviews; Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews |
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Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) is an American author of short stories, essays and novels. He often writes about the United States-Mexico border, working-class immigrants, families and fatherhood, philosophy in literature, and crossing cultural, psychological, and philosophical borders.