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Luis Alberto Urrea at the Texas Book Festival. Luis Alberto Urrea (born August 20, in Tijuana, Mexico) [1] is a Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Luis Urrea is the son of Alberto Urrea Murray, of Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico and Phyllis Dashiell, born in Staten Island, New York.

Luis Alberto Urrea's The Hailed by NPR as a “literary badass” and a “master storyteller with a rock and roll heart,” Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph.

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Author Luis Alberto Urrea Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He told Fresh Air in that the book went through a rewrite.

The author will give the Luis Alberto Urrea, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays.

Luis Alberto Urrea always knew his Luis Alberto Urrea is a Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist. Urrea's native Mexico has always served as his muse, inspiring all of his books that span five genres. His nonfiction book The Devil’s Highway tells the harrowing story of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

Born in Tijuana to a Luis Alberto Urrea, a Guggenheim Fellow and Pulitzer Prize finalist, is the author of 18 books, winning numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, Urrea is most recognized as a border writer, though he says, “I am more interested in bridges, not borders.”.

It was February 1982 and Laura Crotte Performing a Collage of Urrea Characters Daniel Borzutzky Tribute Roberta Rubin Presenting the Fuller Award for lifetime achievement Luis Alberto Urrea Acceptance Speech Coya Paz & Luis Alberto Urrea In Conversation Donald G. Evans Closing “I didn’t know how to express myself except in writing.”.