The 2004 winner of the Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya Critica Nueva Award for scholars in Chicana/o literary criticism Tey Diana Rebolledo, will give a lecture on Tuesday, October 19 at 4 p.m. in the Willard Reading Room of Zimmerman Library. Rebolledo is the chair of the Spanish and Portuguese Department at the University of New Mexico.
The Critica Nueva Award was established by Rudolfo and Patricia Anaya in 1997 to bring the foremost scholars in Chicana/o literary criticism to UNM. Following the Anaya’s generous donation of Rudolfo Anaya’s manuscript collection last spring, the University Libraries revived the award and dedicated it in their honor.
The lecture is titled, “Dark Gifts, Silences, Public Secrets and other Tales of Horror in Chicana Literature”. She will be introduced by Chicano literary scholar, Maria Herrera-Sobek, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Academic Policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
As part of the award celebration, Rebolledo will also hold a workshop for students, and will be available for questions from aspiring writers and to those interested in Chicana/o literature. The workshop will be held 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on October 20th in the Willard Reading room.
Both events are free and open to the public.
Contact: Karen Wentworth, (505) 277-5627