Rudolfo Anaya Quotes
born 1937 United States
Rudolfo Anaya (born October 30, 1937) is an American author who is considered one of the founders of the canon of contemporary Chicano literature.
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Dreams are important. They are messengers…Characters have appeared to me. They say, ‘Here I am. Tell my story.'
One reason that I wrote Bless Me, Ultima was because, to me, the people I grew up with were so beautiful, I didn’t want them to disappear. I knew a book could be timeless. I knew the characters could be preserved.
My parents, uncles, aunts, they always talked about what they were doing, where they were working, what happened that day. Sooner or later, they’d be telling a story from the old days,” he recalls. “We were very poor, but proud of the hard work that provided what we had.
The heart of New Mexico is, for me, the people, la gente—los compadres, las comadres, los tíos, las tías, los vecinos…It’s the connection and the understanding between my Indo-Hispano cultures. If people don’t make that connection, they don’t understand New Mexico.