Dr. Carmen Tafolla | |
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| Born | 29 July 1951 San Antonio, Texas |
| Genre | children's literature |
Carmen Tafolla (born 29 July 1951)[1] is an internationally acclaimed[2] Chicana writer from San Antonio, Texas, and a professor emerita of bicultural bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Tafolla served as the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2012 to 2014, and was named the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2015–16.[3] Tafolla has written more than thirty books, and won multiple literary awards. She is one of the most highly anthologized Chicana authors in the United States, with her work appearing in more than 300 anthologies.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b "Carmen Tafolla Papers, 1967-2001". utexas.edu.
- ^ a b y Gibson, Eliza Rodriguez. "Tafolla, Carmen." In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. (Oxford University Press, 2005).
- ^ a b "UTSA associate professor Carmen Tafolla named Texas State Poet Laureate 2015-16". utsa.edu.
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