Rigoberto Gonzalez
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Contents
Country
Mexico
Birth - Death
1970 -
Occupation
Writer
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
Novelist and critic, who self-identifies as a gay Chicano in his work. Professor of English, Rutgers University. Contributor of a Chicano/Latino book review column, (2002-2012) for the El Paso TimesNotable books include 'Unpeopled Eden' (Lambda Literary Award, 2014). Recipient of numerous writing awards, including the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, The Lenore Marshall Prize of the Academy of American Poets, The Poetry Center Book Award from San Francisco State University, the Shelley Memorial Award of the Poetry Society of America, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Lambda Literary Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award.