EVENT: Presentation of the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature
Graciela Limon (Chican@ Studies, UCSB)
Thursday, October 29 / 4:00 PM
Corwin Pavilion
The annual Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature, sponsored by UCSB and the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival, will be awarded to outstanding novelist Graciela Limon. The author of numerous novels including The Memories of Ana Calderon, Song of the Hummingbird, In Search of Bernabe, Erased Faces, and her latest, The River Flows North, Graciela Limon is Professor Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University and a Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Chicano and Chicano St. at UCSB.
Sponsored by the Santa Barbara Book & Author Festival, the Chicano Studies Institute, Dept. of Chicano and Chicana Studies, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of Institutional Advancement, Office of Equal Opportunity, and the IHC’s Chicano/Latino Research Group.
