Rolando Hinojosa-Smith

Fiction Writer

Austin, TX
Texas US
Email: 
rorro@mail.utexas.edu

Author's Bio

Rolando Hinojosa-Smith was an internationally acclaimed author, poet, and essayist, and a long-time professor of Spanish, English, and Creative Writing at the University of Texas at Austin. His highly acclaimed Klail City Death Trip series comprises fifteen novels. The first, Sketches of the Valley and Other Works, won the 1973 Premio Quinto Sol, an award for the best fictional work by a Chicano author. In 1976, its sequel, Klail City, won the Premio Casa de las Américas, another prestigious award for Latin American authors. He was also honored in 2013 by the National Book Critics Circle with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Hinojosa-Smith died at the age of ninety-three on April 19, 2022.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
We Happy Few (Arte Público Press, 2006)
,
Ask a Policeman (Arte Público Press, 1998)
,
The Useless Servants (Arte Público Press, 1996)
,
Los Amigos de Becky (Arte Público Press, 1992)
,
Becky and Her Friends (Arte Público Press, 1990)
,
Dear Rafe (Arte Público Press, 1990)
,
Partners in Crime (Arte Público Press, 1987)
,
Claros Varones de Belken (Bilingual Review Press, 1986)
,
Klail City (Arte Público Press, 1985)
,
Rites and Witnesses (Arte Público Press, 1984)
,
The Valley (Bilingual Review Press, 1983)
,
Mi Querido Rafa (Arte Público Press, 1981)
,
Korean Love Songs (Justa Publications, 1978)
,
Klail City y sus alrededores (Casa de las Americas, 1976)
,
Estampas del Valle (Quinto Sol Publications, 1973)

More Information

Fluent in: 
Portuguese, Spanish
Born in: 
Mercedes, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Mercedes, TX
Texas
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Last update: Jun 14, 2022