WRITER

Rudolfo Anaya

1937 - 2020

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Rudolfo Anaya (October 30, 1937 – June 28, 2020) was an American author. Noted for his 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima, Anaya was considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano and New Mexican literature. The themes and cultural references of the novel, which were uncommon at the time of its publication, had a lasting impression on fellow Latino writers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolfo Anaya has received more than 297,735 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolfo Anaya is the 6,973rd most popular writer, the 15,329th most popular biography from United States and the 1,089th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Prentice Hall Literature--Silver
amorality, Anglo-Saxons, aristocracy
Grade Level 7-9
1991
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level
British and irish drama, Classical Literature, Conflict of generations
2002
Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
British and irish drama, Classical Literature, Conflict of generations
High School level
1994
Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Ten
2007
Heart of Aztlan
Fiction, Mexican American families, Mexican Americans
Publisher Comments: The Albuquerque barrio portrayed in this vivid novel of postwar New Mexico is a place where urban and rural, political and religious realities coexist, collide, and combine. The magic realism for which Anaya is well known combines with an emphatic portrayal of the plight of workers dispossessed of their heritage and struggling to survive in an alien culture. (source: http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780826310545-3) The cover is a detail from the mural *The Crossing* by Carlos Arrien
1976
Bless Me, Ultima
Family relationships, Fiction, Grandparent and child
Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past.
1972

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rudolfo Anaya ranks 6,973 out of 7,302. Before him are Elizabeth David, Sanu Sharma, Robert Anderson, Cyril Montana, Sipan Shiraz, and Anna Burns. After him are Alice Oseman, Okwui Enwezor, Sarojini Sahoo, Fabio Volo, Mabel Strickland, and Conrad Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Rudolfo Anaya ranks 567. Before him are Deven Verma, Shay Brennan, Bailey Howell, Hal Rogers, Jeff Farrell, and Hazel R. O'Leary. After him are Tony Shelly, Alan Peacock, Richard Bryan, Luther Ingram, Shelley Mann, and Rod Roddy. Among people deceased in 2020, Rudolfo Anaya ranks 840. Before him are Linda Manz, Andy Gill, Julie Bennett, Donato Sabia, Irina Slavina, and Gheorghe Dogărescu. After him are Trevor Cherry, Dale Hawerchuk, Chilla Porter, Marián Čišovský, Khagendra Thapa Magar, and Thomas Schäfer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rudolfo Anaya ranks 15,329 out of 20,380. Before him are John Chafee (1922), Gerald Tinker (1951), LaMelo Ball (2001), Inger Miller (1972), Anthony Parker (1975), and Skye McCole Bartusiak (1992). After him are Mike Modano (1970), Seth Curry (1990), Jay Gould II (1888), J. B. Smoove (1965), AJ Lee (1987), and T.J. Miller (1981).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rudolfo Anaya ranks 1,089. Before him are Jay Asher (1975), Andy Rooney (1919), Gayle Forman (1970), Kate DiCamillo (1964), Lauren Kate (1981), and Robert Anderson (1917). After him are Conrad Richter (1890), J. Hillis Miller (1928), Zona Gale (1874), Scott Smith (1965), Ruth Ozeki (1956), and Robert Olen Butler (1945).

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