About
Mexican American author best known for his book Peregrinos de Aztlán.
Before Fame
His parents moved to Mexico during the Great Depression, but he moved back to the U.S. when he was fourteen and began to work construction.
Trivia
He became a professor at the Pima Community College and later at the University of Arizona.
Family Life
He had two younger sisters, one of whom died of pneumonia when he was young.
Associated With
Rudolfo Anaya is another contemporary Mexican American author.
