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"How can we describe Rudolfo Anaya? One phrase comes up: 'Una fuente de fábulas.' He's a fountain of fables," explains literary scholar Roberto Cantú.
Watch Cantú, author Denise Chávez, friend Maria Teresa Márquez, author Enrique Lamadrid, and wife Patricia Anaya discuss the legacy and significance of the work of Rudolfo Anaya.
Anaya is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Premio Quinto Sol and a National Medal of Arts. He is the author of the classic work Bless Me, Ultima, which was chosen for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read. Anaya's other books for adults include Tortuga, Heart of Aztlan, Alburquerque, Rio Grande Fall, Shaman Winter, Jemez Spring, Serafina's Stories, The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories, and Rudolfo Anaya: The Essays. His children's books include Farolitos of Christmas, My Land Sings, Elegy on the Death of César Chávez, Roadrunner's Dance, and The First Tortilla. Bless Me, Ultima was adapted into a feature film in 2013. Anaya resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Learn more about the writer who is, as Chávez says, "the godfather—the padrino."
"How can we describe Rudolfo Anaya? One phrase comes up: 'Una fuente de fábulas.' He's a fountain of fables," explains literary scholar Roberto Cantú.
Watch Cantú, author Denise Chávez, friend Maria Teresa Márquez, author Enrique Lamadrid, and wife Patricia Anaya discuss the legacy and significance of the work of Rudolfo Anaya.
Anaya is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Premio Quinto Sol and a National Medal of Arts. He is the author of the classic work Bless Me, Ultima, which was chosen for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read. Anaya's other books for adults include Tortuga, Heart of Aztlan, Alburquerque, Rio Grande Fall, Shaman Winter, Jemez Spring, Serafina's Stories, The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories, and Rudolfo Anaya: The Essays. His children's books include Farolitos of Christmas, My Land Sings, Elegy on the Death of César Chávez, Roadrunner's Dance, and The First Tortilla. Bless Me, Ultima was adapted into a feature film in 2013. Anaya resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Learn more about the writer who is, as Chávez says, "the godfather—the padrino."
