Naperville writer wins American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature

Luis Alberto Urrea, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is one of eight recipients of a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, which honors exceptional accomplishment in any literary genre. Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and me...

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Published inDaily herald (Arlington Heights, Ill. : Arlington Heights ed.)
Main Author Flood, Brian
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Heights, Ill Daily Herald 07.04.2017
Subjects
Architects
Coates, Ta-Nehisi
McGuane, Thomas
Pulitzer prizes
Tyler, Anne
Williams, Joy
Writers
New York
United States > US
Mexico
Arizona
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Summary:Luis Alberto Urrea, professor of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is one of eight recipients of a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, which honors exceptional accomplishment in any literary genre. Urrea, a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, was born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother. "The Devil's Highway," Urrea's 2004 nonfiction account...