Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-....
Baca, an American writer, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1952. At the age of 21 he was sentenced to five years in a maximum security prison for drug offenses. In prison he learned to read and write and began to compose poetry. His book MARTIN & MEDITATIONS ON THE SOUTH VALLEY, a pair of long narrative poems, won an American Book Award in 1988. In addition to his poetry collections and stories, Baca wrote the screenplay for the movie BOUND BY HONOR, which was released by Hollywood Pictures in 1993.
From the description of Jimmy Santiago Baca papers, 1958-2005. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 462019374
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