Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea is a Latin American writer known as one of the most prominent Latino writers. Urrea is the recipient of the Lannon Literary Award, an American Book Award, and a Colorado Book Award, and has been inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. His book, "The Devil's Highway", was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. Urrea's most recent book is the novel "The Hummingbird's Daughter".

Urrea has taught inmates in a San Francisco jail [Lagos, Marisa. "Author to inmate / Writer of celebrated novel reaches out to women doing time at county jail." "San Francisco Chronicle (CA)" November 03 2006. EBSCOhost "Newspaper Source" accessed from http://web.esbscohost.com, December 16 2007.] . He also teaches Creative Writing at the University of Illinois, Chicago

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