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词条 Victor Martinez (author)
释义

  1. Life

  2. Parrot in the Oven

  3. Works

     Poetry  Novels  Anthologies 

  4. References

  5. External links

Victor L. Martinez (February 21, 1954 – February 18, 2011) was a Mexican American poet and author. He won the 1996 U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his first novel, Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida.[1]

Life

Martinez was the born in Fresno, California to migrant agricultural field workers of the Central Valley. He was one of twelve children.[2]

Victor attended California State University at Fresno and later obtained a graduate degree from Stanford University on a Wallace Stegner Creative Writing Fellowship. He began writing as a poet and published a book of poetry, "Caring for a House," in 1992. He was a member of Humanizarte, a collective of Chicano poets, and later of the Chicano/Latino Writers' Center of San Francisco.[3]

He supported himself with jobs as a welder, truck driver, firefighter, teacher, and office clerk.[4]

In February 2011, he died of lung cancer at age 56 in San Francisco.[5][6]

Parrot in the Oven

Martinez and his first novel Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida won a National Book Award in 1996.[1][7][8][9][10]

Parrot was a semi-autobiographical account of a 14-year-old Mexican American boy growing up "in a world of gangs, violence and poverty" in the projects of Central Valley (California).[3][6]

Martinez wrote the novel for adults but an editor suggested promoting it in the young adult fiction market.[6]

It has been translated into languages including Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and German, and widely acclaimed by young people around the world.

Works

Poetry

  • Caring For A House, Chusma House Publications, 1992, {{ISBN|978-0-9624536-4-9}}

Novels

  • El loro en el horno: mi vida, Noguer y Caralt, 2003, {{ISBN|978-84-279-3238-8}}
  • {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oC-hdyz-ucC&printsec=frontcover&dq=victor+martinez&hl=en&ei=5xXUTavEDKbY0QH9rITeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false| title=Parrot in the Oven: Mi Vida| publisher= HarperCollins| year= 1998| isbn= 978-0-06-447186-2 }}

Anthologies

  • {{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gCMF7QOqHjAC&pg=PA222 | chapter=I'm Still Alive; Failed Teachers; Sisters; A Tiny Man of Print| title=Poets of the new century | editors=Roger Weingarten, Richard Higgerson | publisher= David R. Godine Publisher| year= 2003| isbn= 978-1-56792-178-6 }}
  • {{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xpb49H-1cogC&pg=PA361 | chapter=Don't Forget| title=Many Californias: literature from the Golden State| editor= Gerald W. Haslam | publisher= University of Nevada Press| year= 1999| isbn= 978-0-87417-325-3 }}

References

1. ^1 [https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1996 "National Book Awards – 1996"]. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-01-26.
(With acceptance speech by Martinez.)
2. ^{{cite news|author=Heather Smith|title=Local Author Victor Martinez Dies|publisher=Mission Local|date=February 22, 2011|url=http://missionlocal.org/2011/02/local-author-victor-martinez-dies/}}
3. ^1 {{cite news|author=Francisco X. Alarcon|title=Victor Martinez, Chicano Poet/Author Passed Way Feb. 18, 2011|publisher=The Rumpus|date=February 21, 2011|url=http://therumpus.net/2011/02/victor-martinez-chicano-poetauthor-passed-way-feb-18-2011/}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Victor Martinez|publisher=Harper Collins|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/12450/Victor_Martinez/index.aspx}}
5. ^{{cite news|author=Valerie J. Nelson|title=Victor Martinez dies at 56; novel won National Book Award|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 3, 2011|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-victor-martinez-20110303,0,5838556.story}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite news|author=Rick Bentley|title=Author Victor Martinez dies at 56|date=February 25, 2011|newspaper=Kansas city Star (McClatchy Newspapers)|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/25/2682564/author-victor-martinez-dies-at.html}}
7. ^{{cite news|title=FRESNO NATIVE WINS LITERARY PRIZE: VICTOR MARTINEZ JOINS OTHER AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS INSPIRED BY THE VALLEY|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=November 8, 1996|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE899BE9016649&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}
8. ^{{cite news|title=VICTOR MARTINEZ'S TRIUMPH: THE WRITER'S DEEP VALLEY ROOTS PRODUCE A WELL-DESERVED NATIONAL BOOK AWARD|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=November 9, 1996|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE899C9A4A2876&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM}}
9. ^{{cite news|author=Elizabeth Farnsworth|title=Elizabeth Farnsworth converses with first time novelist and National Book Award winner Victor Martinez|date=November 7, 1996|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/november96/martinez_11-7.html}}
10. ^{{cite news|author=Kevin Davis|title=Mission District Scribe to Speak|publisher=Guardsman: City College of San Francisco|date=October 9, 2002|url=http://www.theguardsman.com/20021009/missionscribe.html}}

External links

{{Portal|Children's literature |Hispanic and Latino Americans}}
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