Francisco Jimenez
Author of The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
About the Author
Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received a bachelor's degree from Santa Clara University and a master's degree and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from Columbia University. He is a professor show more at Santa Clara University. He has published and edited several books on Mexican and Mexican American literature, and his stories have been published in over 100 textbooks and anthologies of literature. His books include The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa, The Christmas Gift/El Regalo de Navidad, Reaching Out, and Taking Hold: From Migrant Childhood to Columbia University. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Francisco Jimenez
Ethnic community builders : Mexican Americans in search of justice and power : the struggle for citizenship rights in… (2007) 7 copies
Vocaciones en un siglo herido : estudio cronológico de la preocupación por las vocaciones sacerdotales en el… (2014) 2 copies
Associated Works
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contributor, some editions — 516 copies
The Penguin Book of Migration Literature: Departures, Arrivals, Generations, Returns (2019) — Contributor — 72 copies
Discovering Fiction Level 2 Student's Book: A Reader of North American Short Stories (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
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- 1943
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- Mexico (birth)
USA (naturalized) - Education
- Santa Clara University (B.S.)
Columbia University (M.A.)
Columbia University (Ph.D)
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