Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa (1942-2004) was a Chicana lesbian feminist writer and activist. Anzaldúa was raised in the South Texas, Rio Grande Valley, and died May 15, 2004 due to complications from diabetes.

Works

• Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
• This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
• Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives by Feminists of Color

Children's books

• Prietita Has a Friend (1991)
• Friends from the Other Side -Amigos del Otro Lado (1995)
• Prietita y La Llorona (1996)

Quotation

Why am I compelled to write? Because the writing saves me from this complacency I fear. Because I have no choice. Because I must keep the spirit of my revolt and myself alive. Because the world I create in the writing compensates for what the real world does not give me. By writing I put order in the world, give it a handle so I can grasp it.
- "Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers," This Bridge Called My Back

Awards

• Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award
• Lambda Lesbian Small Book Press Award
• Lesbian Rights Award
• Sappho Award of Distinction
• National Endowment for the Arts Fiction Award
• American Studies Association Lifetime Achievement Award

External links

Santa Cruz Sentinel Obituary for Gloria Anzaldúa