Rudolfo anaya short biography

American author (1937–2020)

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.

Rudolfo anaya short biography in english

Early life and education

Rudolfo Anaya was raised in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His father, Martín Anaya, was a vaquero from a family of cattle workers and sheepherders. His mother, Rafaelita (Mares), was from a family composed of farmers from Puerto De Luna in the Pecos Valley of New Mexico.^[3] Anaya grew up with two half-brothers, from his mother's previous marriage, and four sisters.

The beauty of the desert flatlands of New Mexico, referenced as the llano