Research on Author of Bless Me Ultima

Library research: Bless Me, Ultima
Rudolfo Anaya grew up in La Pasturas of New mexico. He was born October 30th 1927. He was the fifth child of his devote catholic family. His father, Martin Anaya, was a Vaquero and Anaya's mom, Rafaelita Mares, was a Llano or farmer. He grew up living with his grandmother, La Grande, which was also a Curandera. Anaya was only allowed to speak Spanish when he was at home so he became bilingual. At the age of fifteen he moved to Albuquerque and graduated high school there. He went to study at a business school but decided to dropout and got a job teaching.…