Chicano author celebrates Latino literature
Bailey McBride
Issue date: 10/1/08 Section: Lifestyles
As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Multicultural Center will present "New Perspectives on Latino Literature and the Role of the Writer" by author Sergio Troncoso 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in Giffels Auditorium at Old Main.
The event, which will be followed by a book signing and reception, will consist of a reading by the author and a lecture on his experiences as a writer.
Troncoso, an award winning Chicano author, was born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican immigrants. He attended Harvard University and did graduate work in philosophy and international relations at Yale University. He won a Fulbright scholarship to Mexico and was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame, according to the author's Web site, www.sergiotroncoso.com.
Troncoso's stories explore issues that deal with identity, love and the search for self. Many of Troncoso's stories deal with the everyday lives of Mexican-Americans.
In 1999, his collection of short stories, "The Last Tortilla and Other Stories," won the Premio Aztlán for the best book by a new Chicano writer and the Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. He has written another book, "The Nature of Truth: A Novel," a story about a Yale research student who discovers that his boss, a renowned professor, hides a Nazi past. He is also the author of a number of other short stories, according to the Web site.
More than 40 million people in the U.S. claim Latin or Hispanic heritage, which makes them the largest ethnic minority in the country. Hispanic Heritage Month has presented a number of events and presentations to expose the struggles, adversities and issues facing the Hispanic community.
This event will be sponsored by Latin American Studies, the English Department, the Foreign Language Department, the Multicultural Center, and the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. Hispanic Heritage Month is being celebrated on campus with events, guest speakers and discussions from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
The event, which will be followed by a book signing and reception, will consist of a reading by the author and a lecture on his experiences as a writer.
Troncoso, an award winning Chicano author, was born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican immigrants. He attended Harvard University and did graduate work in philosophy and international relations at Yale University. He won a Fulbright scholarship to Mexico and was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame, according to the author's Web site, www.sergiotroncoso.com.
Troncoso's stories explore issues that deal with identity, love and the search for self. Many of Troncoso's stories deal with the everyday lives of Mexican-Americans.
In 1999, his collection of short stories, "The Last Tortilla and Other Stories," won the Premio Aztlán for the best book by a new Chicano writer and the Southwest Book Award from the Border Regional Library Association. He has written another book, "The Nature of Truth: A Novel," a story about a Yale research student who discovers that his boss, a renowned professor, hides a Nazi past. He is also the author of a number of other short stories, according to the Web site.
More than 40 million people in the U.S. claim Latin or Hispanic heritage, which makes them the largest ethnic minority in the country. Hispanic Heritage Month has presented a number of events and presentations to expose the struggles, adversities and issues facing the Hispanic community.
This event will be sponsored by Latin American Studies, the English Department, the Foreign Language Department, the Multicultural Center, and the Hispanic Heritage Month Committee. Hispanic Heritage Month is being celebrated on campus with events, guest speakers and discussions from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
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