Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
Rolando Hinojosa-Smith | |
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 Hinojosa-Smith at the 2014 Texas Book Festival | |
| Born | Romeo Daniel Hinojosa January 21, 1929 Mercedes, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | April 19, 2022 (aged 93) Cedar Park, Texas, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Texas at Austin New Mexico Highlands University University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PhD) |
| Notable works | Klail City Death Trip Series (15 vols.) |
| Notable awards | Premio Casa de las Américas; Quinto Sol |
Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith (January 21, 1929[1][2] – April 19, 2022) was an American novelist, essayist and poet.
He was born in Mercedes, Texas, he was the Ellen Clayton Garwood professor in the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin.[3]
He was known for his Klail City Death Trip Series, and was the first Chicano author to win Premio Casa de las Américas award.
Hinojosa-Smith died on April 19, 2022 at the age of 93.[4]
Related pages
References
- ↑ Martinez (Ed), Julio A.; Lomelí, Francisco A. (1985). Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313236914.
- ↑ "Acclaimed Austin author, professor Rolando Hinojosa-Smith has died". Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
- ↑ "Texas Classics: 'This Writer's Sense of Place,' by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith". Dallas News. August 2014.
- ↑ "Award-winning Latino author Rolando Hinojosa-Smith dies at 93". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
Other websites
- Encyclopedia of World Biography on Rolando Hinojosa (subscription required)
- Rolando Hinojosa-Smith's faculty page Archived 2015-04-20 at the Wayback Machine on the University of Texas at Austin Department of English website
- index of characters in Hinojosa's novels Archived 2022-05-16 at the Wayback Machine