Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born August 16, 1954) is an American poet, novelist and writer of children's books.

Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Sáenz at the 2016 Texas Book Festival
Born (1954-08-16) August 16, 1954
Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Period1990s-present
GenreNovels, short stories, poetry, young adult literature
SubjectHispanic and Latino American culture, LGBT
Notable worksCarry Me Like Water, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, The Inexplicable Logic of My Life, Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (1992)
PEN/Faulkner Award (2013)
Website
faculty.utep.edu/bsaenz

Awards
  • Wallace E. Stegner Fellowship, poetry
  • 1992 American Book Award, for Calendar of Dust
  • Lannan Poetry Fellowship 1993
  • Carry Me Like Water, Southwest Book Award 1996 (Border Regional Library Association)
  • Dark and Perfect Angels, Southwest Book Award 1996 (Border Regional Library Association)
  • Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas, Best Children's Book 2000, Texas Institute of Letters
  • Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood, Americas Book Award, the Paterson Book Prize, the J Hunt Award, Finalist Los Angeles Book Prize, BBYA Top Ten Books for Young Adults
  • He Forgot to Say Goodbye. Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, Southwest Book Award (Border Regional Library Association), Chicago Public Library, Best of the Best Books for Teens, New York Public Library Stuff for the Teen 2009, Commended Title, Americas Book Award 2009
  • A Perfect Season for Dreaming, Best Children's Book, Friends of the Austin Public Library 2008 (Texas Institute of Letters), Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year 2008, Kirkus Review 2008 Notable Books for Children, Paterson Book Prize
  • Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, Stonewall Book Award; Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award, 2013; Honor Book, Michael L. Printz Award, 2013; Pura Belpré Award, 2013.

Works

Poetry
  • Calendar of Dust. Broken Moon Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-913089-16-3.
  • Dark and Perfect Angels. Cinco Puntos Press. 1995. ISBN 978-0-938317-23-4.
  • Elegies in Blue. Cinco Puntos Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-938317-64-7.
  • Dreaming the End of War. Copper Canyon Press. 2006. ISBN 978-1-55659-239-3.
  • The Book of What Remains. Copper Canyon Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-55659-297-3.

Short stories

Novels
  • Carry Me Like Water, Hyperion, 1995
  • The House of Forgetting. HarperCollins. 1997.
  • In Perfect Light. HarperCollins. 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-077921-4.
    • En el tiempo de la Luz, Rayo/HarperCollins 2006
  • Names on a Map. Harper Perennial. 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-128569-1.

Young-adult novels

Children's books
  • A Gift from Papa Diego. Bt Bound. 1999. ISBN 978-0-613-06587-0.
  • Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas. Illustrator Geronimo Garcia. Cinco Puntos Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-938317-61-6.CS1 maint: others (link)
  • A Perfect Season for Dreaming, Cinco Puntos Press 2008.
  • The Dog Who Loved Tortillas, Cinco Puntos Press 2009

Anthologies
  • Dagoberto Gilb, ed. (2008). "The Unchronicled Death of Your Holy Father; Fences". Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature. UNM Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-4126-6.
  • X. J. Kennedy; Dana Gioia, eds. (2005). An introduction to poetry. Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-20939-9.
  • "To the Desert," "Resurrections," Twentieth Century American Poetry (2004), edited by Dana Gioia, McGraw Hill ISBN 0-07-240019-6
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