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Zelia Maria Magdalena Nuttall (6 September 1857 – 12 April 1933) was an American archaeologist and anthropologist who specialised in pre-Aztec Mexican cultures and pre-Columbian manuscripts. [1] She discovered two forgotten manuscripts of this type in private collections, one of them being the Codex Zouche-Nuttall .
Rudolfo Anaya, Mexican American author, educator born in 1937 in Pantura, New Mexico and published Bless Me Ultima in 1972, which's adapted to film in 2013. "Chicano" is a label or chosen identity that a portion of Mexican Americans identify with [ 21 ] [ 22 ] and refers to a person of Mexican descent in North America.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. American poet and writer Gary Soto Soto at the 2001 National Book Festival Born Gary Anthony Soto (1952-04-12) April 12, 1952 (age 72) Fresno, California Occupation Author, poet Education MFA Alma mater UC Irvine, CSU Fresno Period 1977-present Genre poetry, novels, memoirs, children's ...
Mary Helen Ponce, author of The Wedding (1989) and the collection Taking Control (1987) [1] Estela Portillo Trambley (1936–1998), author of Trini (1986), the play The Day of the Swallows (1971) and the collection Rain of Scorpions and Other Writings (1975) for which she became the first woman to receive the Quinto Sol Literary Prize. [1]
Félix Ramos y Duarte (1848–1924), Cuban-born educator, textbook writer, lexicographer, compiled the first dictionary of Mexican Spanish; Roberto Ransom (born 1960), Irish Mexican novelist and short story writer ; José Revueltas Xavier Villaurrutia Award; Alfonso Reyes National Prize; Vicente Riva Palacio; Margarita Peña; Eduardo Ramos ...
When famed Cuban-American author Oscar Hijuelos died at the age of 62 in 2013, he was remembered for telling the story of the immigrant experience, even though he was born in New York City ...
He was born in Mexico city and died in Puebla. He wrote Canción al amor divino and Canción al santísimo nombre de Jesús. Juan de Guevara, was born in Mexico, was an acclaimed lyric poet. Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (1581–1639). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695). Miguel de Guevara (c. 1586 – after 1646).
Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Berta Macías and Rafael Fuentes, the latter of whom was a Mexican diplomat. [2] [6] As the family moved for his father's career, Fuentes spent his childhood in various Latin American capital cities, [3] an experience he later described as giving him the ability to view Latin America as a critical outsider. [7]