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Graciela Limón
Graciela Limón is a singular voice in contemporary
American Hispanic literature. A Mexican American writer, Limón was
born in Los Angeles and earned a master's degree and Ph.D. in Spanish American
literature. She has written five novels, each filled with erudite historical
and anthropological insights.
Limón's work combines complex historical and anthropological
reflections with a potent empathic, emotional perspective. Her novels explore
Mexican cultural heritage, focusing on the world of Mexicans and Mexican
Americans, and are peopled with characters grappling with issues of cultural
and personal identity, sexual autonomy, and interracial love.
Limón's work has created a dialogue about issues that have long
been ignored. As scholar Ellen McCracken writes: "Limón's five
novels represent one of the most important contributions to the renaissance
of Chicana fiction in the United States in the late 1980s and [the] 1990s.
Her work is situated in a transborder experience of the Americas in which
the women and men of Central America, Mexico, and Los Angeles come together
in political and gender struggles, re-examine their historical past, and
narratively employ their future."
Limón's first novel, In Search of Bernabé, was named
a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1993 and received a
1994 American Book Award. Her following four novels, The Memories of
Ana Calderón, Song of the Hummingbird, The Day of The Moon, and
Erased Faces, have all received wide critical acclaim as well. A
current resident of San Bernadino, California, Limón has recently
retired from the faculty at Loyola Marymount University, where she taught
U.S. Hispanic Literature and chaired the Department of Chicano Studies.
Works by the Author
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Work:
Erased Faces