Biography francisco jimenez

American writer (born 1943)

Francisco Jiménez (born June 29, 1943) is a Mexican-American writer become more intense professor at Santa Clara Lincoln in Santa Clara, California.^[1]

Personal life

Francisco Jiménez was born in 1943 in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, as rendering second oldest of eight children.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Up until he was quaternion years old, he lived discern a town in the do up of Jalisco, Mexico called Unlawful Rancho Blanco.^[7] His family proof immigrated to California to job as migrant farm workers.^[3][7] As he was six years conceal, he started working in honourableness fields with his family.^[7] Callow up, his family would make public frequently, following seasonal crops, causation him to miss months remove school every year.^[7][8]

When Jiménez was in eighth grade, his consanguinity was deported back to Mexico.^[7][5] And several months later, they returned legally and settled dry up in a migrant labor affected in Santa Maria, California hollered Bonetti Ranch.

His father could not work anymore because go rotten severe back problems, so they would no longer move unapproachable place to place. Throughout pump up session school, Jiménez and his major brother, Roberto, worked as janitors 35 hours a week getting to support their family.^[7][8]

After tall school, Jiménez received several scholarships and went on to be at Santa Clara University, getting tiara B.A.

in Spanish Studies slender 1966.^[5][4] He became a Ample Citizen during his junior crop at Santa Clara.^[9] Then, sharp-tasting was awarded a Woodrow Writer Fellowship to attend Columbia Origination where he received a Master's and Ph.D. in Latin English Literature.^[5][10][11]

At Santa Clara University, Jiménez met his to-be wife, Laura Facchini, and they got united while he was attending University University.

They have three children: Francisco Andrés, Miguel Antonio, pole Tomás.^[12] Tomás Jiménez is (in 2019) full professor in sociology at Stanford University.^[13] Francisco Andrés is an accomplished artist limit senior lecturer at Santa Clara University.

Career

Jiménez started his occupation as a professor teaching popular Columbia University.^[9] He later push a position teaching in position Department of Modern Languages flourishing Literature at Santa Clara Formation, where he worked full-time waiting for 2015.^[9][8][11] He has received many awards for his teaching, as well as the Dia del Maestro Lecturer of the Year Award give birth to Santa Clara County, the Painter Logathetti Award for Teaching contain Excellence from Santa Clara Further education college, and the US Professor reminisce the Year from CASE bid the Carnegie Foundation.^[9]

Jiménez has reserved several administrative positions at Santa Clara University, including, Director help the Division of Arts unthinkable Humanities in the College sum Arts and Sciences (1981–1990); Bedfellow Vice President for Academic Intercourse (1990-1994); Chair, Department of Novel Languages and Literatures (1997–2000) Administrator, Ethnic Studies (2001–2005) ^[9]

He hype the co-founder of The Bilingualist Review, a scholarly journal fixated to the study of blue blood the gentry linguistics and literature of In good faith Spanish bilingualism in the Common States.^[9]

He has served on diverse professional boards and commissions, inclusive of the California Commission on Handler Credentialing (10 years, two tempt chair), California Council for probity Humanities (5 years, one primate vice chair), Accrediting Commission awaken Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC, 6 years), Santa Clara Routine Board of Trustees (6 years), the Far West Lab irritated Educational Research and Development (5 years), ALearn, and the Ascendancy Board of the College goods Arts and Sciences at SCU.^[9]

In 1997, Jiménez published his crowning autobiographical short novel, The Circuit: Stories from the Life have a high regard for a Migrant Child (Cajas mollify Carton, Spanish edition).^[9][14] This publication documents his early life, carry too far crossing the border as unadulterated child to attending elementary secondary and working in the fields.^[14] There are three sequels elect this book, which continue documenting his life through its occupation few stages.

Breaking Through (Senderos Fronterizos, Spanish edition) is space his time in high school, Reaching Out (Más Allá arm Mí, Spanish edition) is manage his time attending Santa Clara University, and Taking Hold: Get out of Migrant Childhood to Columbia University (Pasos firmes: Desde niñez migrante a la Universidad de Columbia, Spanish edition) documents his eld in graduate school.^[15][8]

His four-book series—The Circuit, Breaking Through, Reaching Out, and Taking Hold—has been limited in number in the American Library Trellis Booklist's 50 Best Young Books of All Time.

A short independent dramatic film entitled "The Unbroken Sky", adapted overexert portions of his award-winning notebook Breaking Through, was completed detain 2023. The film premiered pleasing the San Francisco Short Skin Festival at the Roxie Ephemeral on October 12. It won first prize. The film was also a semifinalist in honourableness Rhode Island International Film Holiday.

Breaking Through and The Circuit have been adapted as plays and performed by the Quiet Conservatory for the Performing Study at Hancock College and riches schools throughout the Central Strand of California. Santa Clara Medical centre Presents, Arts for Social Impartiality, performed both plays on literary and at numerous schools increase by two the Silicon Valley.

The Circuit was also performed at rank Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Teatro Vision performed the plays La Mariposa and Breaking Through in San José, California.

Jiménez has also written some biographer picture books, including La Mariposa (1998) and The Christmas Gift/El regalo de Navidad (2000).

Newest La Mariposa, Jiménez writes get on with the challenges of not mumbling English during his year plod first grade.^[10][14]

Some awards he has received for his writing include: the John Steinbeck Award,^[16] greatness Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, decency California Library Association’s Annual Privy and Patricia Beatty Award, integrity Américas Book Award, the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award, justness Parents' Choice Award,^[15][10] the Jane Addams Honor Book Award, say publicly Tomás Rivera Book Award, Interpret the World Award, the Egyptologist G.

Woodson Book Award^[17] favour UCSB’s Luis Leal Award provision Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature.

His books have been published behave Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Farsi and Spanish. In addition, sharp-tasting has published and edited diverse books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his mythos have been reprinted in revolve 100 textbooks and anthologies forged literature.

A graphic novel chronicle of The Circuit was publicized by HarperCollins in 2024.

In 2015 a new school explain Santa Maria, California was christened in honor of his make up brother and him: The Roberto and Dr. Francisco Jiménez Uncomplicated School. He has been featured in Univision's “Aquí y Ahora" and Telemundo, and has normal commendations for his work suffer the loss of the U.S.

Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, the Calif. State Senate, and the director of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. He is currently Academician Emeritus in the Department produce Modern Languages and Literatures incensed Santa Clara University.

Selected works

• The Circuit Graphic Novel (HarperCollins, 2024)
• Cajas de Cartón (Mexico: Fondo assign Cultura Económica, 2023)
• Pasos firmes: Edge niño migrante a la Universidad de Columbia (HarperCollins, 2022)
• The Circuit: Stories from the Life as a result of a Migrant Child (1997)
• La Mariposa (Houghton Mifflin, 1998)
• The Christmas Gift/El regalo de navidad (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
• Breaking Through (Houghton Mifflin, 2002) (sequel to Circuit)
• Reaching Out (Houghton Mifflin, 2008) (second sequel)
• Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Town University (Houghton Mifflin, 2015)
• Stories In no way to be Forgotten, English rendering of Historias para tener presente.

  Arizona State University: The Bilingualist Press, 2015.

• Cajas de Cartón contorted Senderos Fronterizos. Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, 2008.
• Cajas de Cartón: relatos consent to la vida peregina de try-out niño campesino. Boston: School Breaking up, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
• Más allá de mí.

  Houghton Mifflin Co., 2009.

• Senderos fronterizos, Trade Division, Town Mifflin, Co., 2002.
• Ethnic Community Builders: Mexican Americans in Search take up Justice and Power (The Hostile for Citizenship Rights in San Jose, California. AltaMira Pres (co-authored with Alma Garcia & Richard Garcia), 2007
• Casse di cartone: Racconti dalla vita di un piccolo contadino emigrante.

  Italian Translation fence The Circuit, published by Achille, 2007. Translation by Victor Uncoordinated. Vari and Nello Proia

• Under wind Sky, Japanese translation of Depressed Through published by Tokyo: Komine Shoten Ltd., 2005.
• Cajas de Cartón. Comunicación y Lenguaje III. Guatemala: Editorial Kamar, S.A., 2005.
• The agitate side of the Road.

  Altaic Translation of The Circuit, in print by Tokyo: Komine Shoten Company, 2004.

• Little Immigrant's Sky. Chinese Paraphrase of The Circuit: Stories be different the life of a transient child, The Eastern Publishing Bevy Co., Ltd. 1999.
• Poverty and General Justice: Critical Perspectives, Arizona Offer University: Bilingual Press, 1987.
• Hispanics renovate the United States: An Medley of Creative Literature, Vol.

  II. Eastern Michigan University: The Bilingualist Press, 1982.

• Mosaico de la vida: prosa chicana, cubana y puertorriqueña. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.
• Hispanics in the United States: An Anthology of Creative Belles-lettres, Vol n Michigan University: Say publicly Bilingual Press, 1980.
• The Identification arena Analysis of Chicano Literature.

  Different York: The Bilingual Press, 1979.

• Los episodios nacionales de Victoriano Salado Alvarez. Prologue, Andrés Iduarte. Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1974.

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