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Richard Rodriguez
American writer (born 1944)
For other people named Richard Rodriguez, see Richard Rodriguez (disambiguation).
Richard Rodriguez | |
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Rodriguez at the 2014 National Book Festival | |
| Born | (1944-07-31) July 31, 1944 (age 80) San Francisco, California, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Christian Brothers High School |
| Alma mater | Stanford University, B.A. Columbia UniversityM.A. UC Berkeley, graduate study Warburg Institute |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Agent(s) | Georges Borchardt, Inc., 136 East 57th St., New York, NY 10022 |
| Notable work | Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (autobiography) |
| Television | PBS Newshour |
| Parent(s) | Leopoldo Rodriguez Victoria Moran Rodriguez |
Richard Rodriguez (born July 31, 1944) is an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982), a narrative about his intellectual development.
Early life
[edit]He was born on July 31, 1944, into a Mexican immigrant family in San Francisco, California where he spoke Spanish until age 6. As a youth in Sacramento, California, he delivered newspapers and worked as a gardener.
Education
[edit]Rodriguez went to Catholic school starting from age 6 at Sacre
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Richard Rodriguez is an author and a journalist. He is most widely known for his autobiographical trilogy on class, ethnicity, and race: Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (1982), Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father (1992), and Brown: The Last Discovery of America (2002). His most recent book is Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (2013). Rodriguez worked as an essayist for nearly twenty years on the PBS NewsHour and has written documentaries for British and American television.
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