| Arturo Islas | |
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| Born | May 25, 1938 El Paso, Texas |
| Died | February 15, 1991 (aged 52) Stanford University Campus Home |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | Mexican American |
| Notable work(s) | The Rain God |
| Notable award(s) | Border Regional Library Association's Southwest Book Award |
Arturo Islas (May 25, 1938 – February 15, 1991), a native of El Paso, Texas, was a professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality.
He received three degrees from Stanford: a B.A. in 1960, a Masters in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1971, when he joined the Stanford faculty. Islas was the first Chicano in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in English. In 1976, he became the first Chicano faculty member to receive tenure at Stanford.[1]
Islas died on February 15, 1991 from complications related to AIDS.
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Works
- The Rain God (winner of the Border Regional Library Association's Southwest Book Award)
- Migrant Souls
- La Mollie and the King of Tears
Notes
- ^ Dekker, George, Larry Friedlander, Diane Middlebrook and Nancy Packer. Memorial Resolution: Arturo Islas. Historical Society of Stanford University. 1991.
See also
References
- Profile
- Dekker, George, Larry Friedlander, Diane Middlebrook and Nancy Packer. Memorial Resolution: Arturo Islas. Historical Society of Stanford University. 1991.
External links
- Arturo Islas Papers, 1956-1991(call number M0618; 20.5 linear ft.) are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Libraries
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