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Called the ‘Dean of Chicano writers’, University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus and author Rudolfo Anaya is being honored by President Obama as one of 12 recipients of the 2015 National Humanities Medal.

In his new book, “The Sorrows of Young Alfonso,” due out in April, University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Rudolfo Anaya reflects on the truths and mysteries of the human condition.

The University of New Mexico’s Department of English will host distinguished writer, Anne Hillerman as the featured speaker for the 2015 Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest.

He’s considered in many literary circles as the godfather of contemporary Chicano literature; a groundbreaking author whose work not only evokes images of the llano (desert flatlands) of his youth, but also the simple, humble world of la raza in rural ...

The UNM Department of English hosts distinguished writer Ana Castillo to deliver the 5th annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Thursday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. in George Pearl Hall room 101. A reception will ...

Distinguished writer N. Scott Momaday is the featured speaker for the fourth annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in the University of New Mexico Student Union Building ballroom. ...

John Nichols at a UNM booksigning event.The UNM Department of English hosts distinguished Taos writer John Nichols to deliver the third annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in George ...

Rudolfo Anaya, University of New Mexico professor emeritus of English, is among those being honored in the 32nd Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The announcement from the LA Times:National Medal of Arts winner Rudolfo Anaya is the recipient of the ...

Distinguished Las Cruces writer Denise Chávez presents the second annual Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture on the Literature of the Southwest, speaking on the connections between Chicana feminism and borderlands literature, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, in the ...

Event marks inaugural Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya LectureThe UNM Department of English kicks off the new Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Lecture Series on the Literature of the Southwest on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the George Pearl Hall auditorium. ...