Carmen Tafolla
American writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Carmen Tafolla?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
Carmen Tafolla (born 29 July 1951)[1] is an internationally acclaimed[2] Chicana writer from San Antonio, Texas, and a professor emerita of bicultural bilingual studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Tafolla served as the poet laureate of San Antonio from 2012 to 2014, and was named the Poet Laureate of Texas for 2015–16.[3] Tafolla has written more than thirty books, and won multiple literary awards. She is one of the most highly anthologized Chicana authors in the United States, with her work appearing in more than 300 anthologies.[1][2][3]