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Luis Alberto Urrea, 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph.
Born in Tijuana, Mexico to a Mexican father and an American mother, Urrea is the critically acclaimed author of 11 books and is an award-winning poet and essayist. The Devil's Highway, his non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the 2004 Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize. The Devil's Highway was also a national best-seller and was named a best book of the year by The Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Star, and many other publications.
Urrea's talk to the incoming class will be on August 22 at 1:30 pm in Bender Arena.
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