Principally because of his first novel, Bless Me, Ultima (1972), Rudolfo Anaya is considered a major contemporary Mexican-American writer. The book, one of the few Chicano literary best-sellers, appears on high school and college curricula, holds an...

Rudolfo A. Anaya is known as a novelist, but his work includes essays, short stories, poetry, and drama. Flourishing as a writer during the 1970s, Anaya has written novels that represent the American Southwest and its historical conflicts, often with...

Rudolfo A. Anaya, author of fiction and nonfiction books, plays, articles, children's books, and short-story collections, is often referred to as the "Godfather of the Chicano Literary Movement." His best-known work is the novel Bless Me, Ultima...

In the following interview, originally conducted in May 1986, Anaya comments on his formative influences, the development of Chicano literature, his interest in mythology, and the problems of cultural identity and political consciousness in Bless Me, Ultima, Heart of Aztlán, and Tortuga.

In the following interview, originally conducted in 1992, Anaya discusses the state of Chicano literature in the United States, as well as his own literary aims, cultural concerns, and identity as a Chicano writer.

In the following essay, Iftekharuddin examines traditional Hispanic conceptions of gender and the portrayal of women as temptresses and victims of sexual violence in Anaya's short fiction.

A Biography of Rudolfo Anaya who has written many outstanding novels such as "Bless Me" and "Ultima", which are based on her personal experience.