Born: 26 September 1942, United States
Died: 15 May 2004
Country most active: United States
Also known as: NA
Chicana scholar Gloria Anzaldúa published extensively on the topics of Chicana feminism, cultural theory, and queer theory, developing theories about the marginal, in-between, and mixed cultures that develop along borders and writing foundational essays in the emerging field of Latinx philosophy. Her most popular book, 1987’s Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, was loosely based on her life growing up on the Mexico–Texas border, including her lifelong experiences of social and cultural marginalization. Along with fiction, children’s books and poetry, Anzaldúa edited or co-edited the collections This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981), Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Women of Color (1990) and This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation (2002).
The following is republished with kind permission from the Enciclopedia de la Literatura en México.
Gloria [Evangelina] Anzaldúa fue una escritora, maestra, teórica feminista y activista chicana. Su escritura y teoría se enfocaron en los problemas identitarios y de sexualidad. Ganó múltiples premios como el Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, The Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award y el National Endowment of the Arts nea Fiction Award. Una de sus obras figuró en la lista de los 38 mejores libros por The Literary Journal en 1987. En 2005, obtuvo post mortem el National Association for Chicano Studies Scholar Award.
También fue autora de libros infantiles bilingües. Ofreció talleres de escritura creativa, estudios chicanos y estudios feministas en la University of Texas ut, San Francisco State University sfsu, Vermont College of Norwich University nu y la University of California Santa Cruz ucsc.
En su honor, se han creado premios como el Anzaldúa Scholar Activist Award y el Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award for Independent Scholars.
Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa was a Chicana writer, teacher, feminist theorist, and activist. Her writing and theory focused on issues of identity and sexuality. She won numerous awards, including the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, the Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award, and the National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award. One of her works was listed among the 38 best books by The Literary Journal in 1987. In 2005, she posthumously received the National Association for Chicano Studies Scholar Award.
She was also the author of bilingual children’s books. She offered workshops in creative writing, Chicano studies, and feminist studies at the University of Texas at Texas (UT), San Francisco State University (SFSU), Vermont College of Norwich University (NU), and the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC).
In her honor, awards such as the Anzaldúa Scholar Activist Award and the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Award for Independent Scholars have been created.