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name: Sergio Troncoso
about: Sergio Troncoso is the author of eight books: Nobody's Pilgrims, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, The Nature of Truth and From This Wicked Patch of Dust; and as editor, Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds and Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence. Among the numerous awards he has won are the Premio Aztlan Literary Prize, Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, International Latino Book Award for Best Novel- Adventure or Drama, Southwest Book Award, Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews, and the Silver Award for Multicultural Adult Fiction from ForeWord Reviews.Troncoso teaches ficti Sergio Troncoso is the author of eight books: Nobody's Pilgrims, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, The Last Tortilla and Other Stories, Crossing Borders: Personal Essays, The Nature of Truth and From This Wicked Patch of Dust; and as editor, Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds and Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence. Among the numerous awards he has won are the Premio Aztlan Literary Prize, Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, International Latino Book Award for Best Novel- Adventure or Drama, Southwest Book Award, Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews, and the Silver Award for Multicultural Adult Fiction from ForeWord Reviews.Troncoso teaches fiction and nonfiction at the Yale Writers' Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut. A past president of the Texas Institute of Letters, he has also served as a judge for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the New Letters Literary Awards in the Essay Category. His work has recently appeared in the Houston Chronicle, CNN Opinion, New Letters, Yale Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Texas Monthly. His literary papers are archived at The Wittliff Collections in San Marcos, Texas.The son of Mexican immigrants, Troncoso was born and grew up on the east side of El Paso, Texas in rural Ysleta. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and received two graduate degrees in international relations and philosophy at Yale University. A Fulbright scholar, Troncoso was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame and the Texas Institute of Letters. The El Paso City Council voted unanimously to rename the Ysleta public library branch as the Sergio Troncoso Branch Library.Please visit the many resources for readers, students, and teachers on his website at www.SergioTroncoso.com. Nobody's Pilgrims "Eloquent, bold, and terrifying."-Elizabeth Crook, author of The Which Way Tree--------- Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds: "A deeply meaningful collection that navigates important nuances of identity."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review--------- A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son: “It's his most powerful work yet, and an essential addition to the Latinx canon."-The Texas Observer--------- From This Wicked Patch of Dust: “Troncoso’s novel is an engaging literary achievement.”-Kirkus Reviews, starred review---------- Crossing Borders: Personal Essays: “We owe it to ourselves to read, savor and read them again.”-The El Paso Times---------- The Nature of Truth: “Impressively lucid.”-The Chicago Tribune---------- The Last Tortilla and Other Stories: “Enthusiastically recommended.”-Booklist---------- Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence “An eye-opening collection of essays.”-Publishers Weekly ...more