Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Photo by Cynthia Farah Haines. Part of Writers of the Southwest Collection, PICT 986-008.

Rudolfo Anaya was born to Martín and Rafaelita Mares Anaya on October 30, 1937 in Pastura, New Mexico. He attended public schools in Santa Rosa and Albuquerque. A student in the English Department at the University of New Mexico, he earned a B.A. in 1963 and an M.A. in 1968. In 1972 he earned a second M.A. in guidance and counseling, also from the University of New Mexico. Anaya married Patricia Lawless in 1966. After teaching in Albuquerque public schools from 1963-1970, he became director of counseling at the University of Albuquerque. He began teaching in the English Department at the University of New Mexico in 1974 where he remained until he retired in 1993.

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