2014 Conference on Rudolfo Anaya: Tradition, Modernity, and the Literatures of the U.S. Southwest

Rudolfo A. Anaya (New Mexico, 1937) belongs to the first generation of Chicano writers who pioneered and charted one of the most vigorous and theoretically-grounded ethnic literatures in the United States. Anaya led the way since the early 1970s with his novel Bless Me, Ultima (recipient of the 1971 Quinto Sol Award), followed by other novels, short fiction, essays, poetry, drama, and children’s stories.