Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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Om författaren
Benjamin Alire Saenz was born in 1954 in his grandmother's house in Old Picacho, a small farming village in the outskirts of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was the fourth of seven children and was raised on a small farm near Mesilla Park. Later, when the family lost the farm, his father went back to visa mer his former occupation -- being a cement finisher. His mother worked as a cleaning woman and a factory worker. During his youth, he worked at various jobs -- painting apartments, roofing houses, picking onions, and cleaning for a janitorial service. He graduated from high school in 1972 and went on to college. He studied philosophy and theology in Europe for four years and spent a summer in Tanzania. He eventually became a writer and professor and moved back to the border -- the only place where he feels he truly belongs. visa färre
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Serier
Verk av Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Dog Who Loved Tortillas / La perrita que le encantaban las tortillas (A Little Diego Book) (English and Spanish… (2009) 57 exemplar
Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas / La Abuelita Fina y Sus Sombrillas Maravillosas (1999) 37 exemplar
The Aristotle and Dante Collection: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe; Aristotle and Dante Dive… (2021) 17 exemplar
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life, Aristotle and Dante Dive… (2021) 1 exemplar
He forgot to say good-bye 1 exemplar
Last night I sang to the monster : a novel 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry (1994) — Bidragsgivare — 48 exemplar
Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (Southwestern Writers Collection) (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 27 exemplar
Without Discovery: A Native Response to Columbus (Turning Point Series) (1992) — Bidragsgivare — 16 exemplar
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- Vedertaget namn
- Sáenz, Benjamin Alire
- Födelsedag
- 1954-08-16
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Old Picacho, New Mexico, USA
- Bostadsorter
- El Paso, Texas, USA
- Utbildning
- Las Cruces High School, Las Cruces, New Mexico
St. Thomas Seminary (BA | 1977 | Humanities and Philosophy)
University of Texas, El Paso (MA | Creative writing)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Stanford University (Stegner Fellow)
University of Iowa - Yrken
- poet
novelist
writer
professor
parish priest - Organisationer
- University of Texas at El Paso
Roman Catholic Church (ordained 1981) - Priser och utmärkelser
- Wallace E. Stegner Fellowship, poetry
Lannan Poetry Fellowship (1993)
PEN/Faulkner Book Award for Fiction (2013)
Pura Belpré Award (2013)
Hummingbird Award in Literary Arts (2022)
American Book Award (1992) (visa alla 10)
Southwest Book Award (1996)
Michael L. Printz Award (2013)
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award
Lambda Literary Award
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Girl kidnapped from Mexico and taken to the U.S. i Name that Book (december 2012)
Recensioner
Listor
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Statistik
- Verk
- 28
- Även av
- 6
- Medlemmar
- 9,470
- Popularitet
- #2,538
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 470
- ISBN
- 172
- Språk
- 15
- Favoritmärkt
- 4
ETA: I had a similar experience with [b:In the Dream House|43317482|In the Dream House|Carmen Maria Machado|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1547869259l/43317482._SX50_.jpg|65787792]: unimpressive as an audiobook, engrossing as text. It might have something to do with poetic writing short chapters; I should someday try this one again.