Anaya, Rudolfo A. (Personal Name)

His Bless me, Ultima, 1972.

The farolitos of Christmas, c1995: CIP t.p. (Rudolfo Anaya)

Biog. resource center (Contemp. authors), June 14, 2005 (Rudolfo A(lfonso) Anaya; b. Oct. 30, 1937, Pastura, N.M.; University of New Mexico, M.A. (English), 1969, M.A. (guidance and counseling), 1972; University of New Mexico, professor emeritus, 1993-)

Info converted from 678 field, 25 November 2013 (b. Oct. 30, 1937)

Washington post WWW site, viewed July 2, 2020 (in obituary dated July 1, 2020: Rudolfo Anaya, who helped spark a Chicano literary renaissance with his 1972 novel "Bless Me, Ultima," died June 28 at his home in Albuquerque. He was 82. He wrote dozens of novels, plays, nonfiction books and poetry collections while teaching at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Rudolfo Alfonso Anaya was born in Pastura, N.M., on Oct. 30, 1937. He worked as a public school teacher and as a counselor at the University of Albuquerque before joining the faculty of his alma mater, where he helped found the creative writing program. To support up-and-coming authors, Mr. Anaya founded a writers retreat in Jemez Springs, N.M., where he also maintained an orchard of apple, cherry and pear trees with his wife, the former Patricia Lawless)

LC database, July 2, 2020 (access point: Anaya, Rudolfo A.; usage: Rudolfo Anaya, Rudolfo A. Anaya)