Arturo Islas

Arturo Islas
Born	May 25, 1938(1938-05-25) El Paso, Texas
Died	February 15, 1991(1991-02-15) (aged 52) Stanford University Campus Home
Occupation	Novelist
Nationality	Mexican American
Notable work(s)	The Rain God
Notable award(s)	Border Regional Library Association's Southwest Book Award

Arturo Islas (May 25, 1938 – February 15, 1991), a native of El Paso, Texas, was a professor of English and a novelist, writing about the experience of Chicano cultural duality.

He received three degrees from Stanford: a B.A. in 1960, a Masters in 1963 and a Ph.D. in 1971, when he joined the Stanford faculty. Islas was the first Chicano in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in English. In 1976, he became the first Chicano faculty member to receive tenure at Stanford.^[1]

Islas died on February 15, 1991 from complications related to AIDS.

Works

• The Rain God (winner of the Border Regional Library Association's Southwest Book Award)
• Migrant Souls
• La Mollie and the King of Tears

Notes

1. ^ Dekker, George, Larry Friedlander, Diane Middlebrook and Nancy Packer. Memorial Resolution: Arturo Islas. Historical Society of Stanford University. 1991.

See also

Literature portal

• List of Mexican American writers

References

• Profile
• Dekker, George, Larry Friedlander, Diane Middlebrook and Nancy Packer. Memorial Resolution: Arturo Islas. Historical Society of Stanford University. 1991.

External links

• Arturo Islas Papers, 1956-1991(call number M0618; 20.5 linear ft.) are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Libraries

Persondata
Name	Islas, Arturo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 25, 1938
Place of birth	El Paso, Texas
Date of death	February 15, 1991
Place of death	Standford University Campus Home