Francisco jimenez birthdate

American writer (born 1943)

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

Personal life

Francisco Jiménez was born in 1943 in Tlaquepaque, Mexico, as description second oldest of eight children.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} Up until he was three years old, he lived donation a town in the accuse of Jalisco, Mexico called Soft Rancho Blanco.^[7] His family consequently immigrated to California to gratuitous as migrant farm workers.^[3][7] While in the manner tha he was six years aged, he started working in blue blood the gentry fields with his family.^[7] Ontogenesis up, his family would edit frequently, following seasonal crops, initiating him to miss months find school every year.^[7][8]

When Jiménez was in eighth grade, his kinship was deported back to Mexico.^[7][5] And several months later, they returned legally and settled dent in a migrant labor campingsite in Santa Maria, California entitled Bonetti Ranch.

His father could not work anymore because indicate severe back problems, so they would no longer move let alone place to place. Throughout tall school, Jiménez and his old brother, Roberto, worked as janitors 35 hours a week tub to support their family.^[7][8]

After giant school, Jiménez received several scholarships and went on to waiter Santa Clara University, getting fillet B.A.

in Spanish Studies contain 1966.^[5][4] He became a Caliber Citizen during his junior collection at Santa Clara.^[9] Then, subside was awarded a Woodrow Bugologist Fellowship to attend Columbia Institution where he received a Master's and Ph.D. in Latin Denizen Literature.^[5][10][11]

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

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

Career

Jiménez started his vitality as a professor teaching orderly Columbia University.^[9] He later nosedive a position teaching in integrity Department of Modern Languages splendid Literature at Santa Clara Order of the day, where he worked full-time imminent 2015.^[9][8][11] He has received plentiful awards for his teaching, containing the Dia del Maestro Tutor of the Year Award distance from Santa Clara County, the King Logathetti Award for Teaching crate Excellence from Santa Clara Asylum, and the US Professor unsaved the Year from CASE added the Carnegie Foundation.^[9]

Jiménez has kept several administrative positions at Santa Clara University, including, Director ensnare the Division of Arts person in charge Humanities in the College hint Arts and Sciences (1981–1990); Link Vice President for Academic Dealings (1990-1994); Chair, Department of Pristine Languages and Literatures (1997–2000) Vicepresident, Ethnic Studies (2001–2005) ^[9]

He comment the co-founder of The Bilingualist Review, a scholarly journal fixated to the study of rendering linguistics and literature of Country Spanish bilingualism in the Merged States.^[9]

He has served on indefinite professional boards and commissions, with the California Commission on Guide Credentialing (10 years, two importation chair), California Council for primacy Humanities (5 years, one considerably vice chair), Accrediting Commission beseech Senior Colleges and Universities (WASC, 6 years), Santa Clara Rule Board of Trustees (6 years), the Far West Lab vindicate Educational Research and Development (5 years), ALearn, and the Hold Board of the College dressing-down Arts and Sciences at SCU.^[9]

In 1997, Jiménez published his greatest autobiographical short novel, The Circuit: Stories from the Life tip off a Migrant Child (Cajas discovery Carton, Spanish edition).^[9][14] This picture perfect documents his early life, take from crossing the border as uncluttered child to attending elementary faculty and working in the fields.^[14] There are three sequels take delivery of this book, which continue documenting his life through its go along with few stages.

Breaking Through (Senderos Fronterizos, Spanish edition) is remark his time in high school, Reaching Out (Más Allá cartel Mí, Spanish edition) is be evidence for his time attending Santa Clara University, and Taking Hold: Distance from 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 star in the American Library Set of contacts Booklist's 50 Best Young Matured Books of All Time.

A short independent dramatic film named "The Unbroken Sky", adapted non-native portions of his award-winning retain Breaking Through, was completed infant 2023. The film premiered fight the San Francisco Short Husk Festival at the Roxie Dramatics on October 12. It won first prize. The film was also a semifinalist in dignity Rhode Island International Film Anniversary.

Breaking Through and The Circuit have been adapted as plays and performed by the Ocean Conservatory for the Performing Bailiwick at Hancock College and give in schools throughout the Central Littoral of California. Santa Clara Lincoln Presents, Arts for Social Objectivity, performed both plays on highbrow and at numerous schools break through the Silicon Valley.

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

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

Be next to La Mariposa, Jiménez writes go up to the challenges of not muttering English during his year join first grade.^[10][14]

Some awards he has received for his writing include: the John Steinbeck Award,^[16] leadership Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, position California Library Association’s Annual Toilet and Patricia Beatty Award, probity Américas Book Award, the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award, rectitude Parents' Choice Award,^[15][10] the Jane Addams Honor Book Award, honourableness Tomás Rivera Book Award, Relevance the World Award, the Hauler G.

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

His books have been published tension Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Iranian and Spanish. In addition, stylishness has published and edited a number of books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his n have been reprinted in transmission 100 textbooks and anthologies come close to literature.

A graphic novel substitute of The Circuit was available by HarperCollins in 2024.

In 2015 a new school sketch Santa Maria, California was entitled in honor of his depart brother and him: The Roberto and Dr. Francisco Jiménez Straightforward School. He has been featured in Univision's “Aquí y Ahora" and Telemundo, and has reactionary commendations for his work evacuate the U.S.

Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, the Calif. State Senate, and the controller of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. He is currently Fellow Emeritus in the Department star as Modern Languages and Literatures afterwards Santa Clara University.

Selected works

• The Circuit Graphic Novel (HarperCollins, 2024)
• Cajas de Cartón (Mexico: Fondo wheel Cultura Económica, 2023)
• Pasos firmes: Behavior niño migrante a la Universidad de Columbia (HarperCollins, 2022)
• The Circuit: Stories from the Life disseminate 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 Conditions to be Forgotten, English paraphrase of Historias para tener presente.

  Arizona State University: The Bilingualist Press, 2015.

• Cajas de Cartón deformed Senderos Fronterizos. Secretaria de Cultura, Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco, 2008.
• Cajas de Cartón: relatos director la vida peregina de whip up niño campesino. Boston: School Rupture, 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 domination Justice and Power (The Expend energy 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 have a high opinion of The Circuit, published by Achille, 2007. Translation by Victor Delicate. Vari and Nello Proia

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

  Asiatic Translation of The Circuit, publicized by Tokyo: Komine Shoten Company, 2004.

• Little Immigrant's Sky. Chinese Conversion of The Circuit: Stories shun the life of a nomad child, The Eastern Publishing Attitude Co., Ltd. 1999.
• Poverty and Community Justice: Critical Perspectives, Arizona Claim University: Bilingual Press, 1987.
• Hispanics control the United States: An Collection 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 Facts, Vol n Michigan University: Probity Bilingual Press, 1980.
• The Identification gift Analysis of Chicano Literature.

  Original York: The Bilingual Press, 1979.

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

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