Richard Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez
Rodriguez at the 2014 National Book Festival
Born (1944-07-31) July 31, 1944 (age 80)
San Francisco, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
EducationChristian Brothers High School
Alma materStanford University, B.A.
Columbia University M.A.
UC Berkeley, graduate study
Warburg Institute
OccupationJournalist
Agent(s)Georges Borchardt, Inc., 136 East 57th St., New York, NY 10022
Notable workHunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (autobiography)
TelevisionPBS Newshour
Parent(s)Leopoldo Rodriguez
Victoria Moran Rodriguez

Richard Rodriguez (born July 31, 1944) is an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982), a narrative about his intellectual development.