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Columbia University. He later accepted a position teaching in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature at Santa Clara University, where he worked full-time until 2015. He has received numerous awards for his teaching, including the Dia
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University, including, Director of the Division of Arts and Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences (1981-1990); Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (1990-1994); Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
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Francisco Short Film Festival at the Roxie Theater on October 12. It won first prize. The film was also a semifinalist in the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Here is the link to the trailer for the film posted on YouTube:
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Department of Education, the California State Senate, and the governor of the State of Jalisco, Mexico. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Santa Clara University.
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numerous schools in the Silicon Valley. The Circuit was also performed at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Teatro Vision performed the plays La Mariposa and Breaking Through in San José, California.
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Casse di cartone: Racconti dalla vita di un piccolo contadino emigrante. Italian Translation of The Circuit, published by Achille, 2007. Translation by Victor B. Vari and Nello Proia
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His four-book series—The Circuit, Breaking Through, Reaching Out, Taking Hold—has been included in the American Library Association Booklist's 50 Best Young Adult Books of All Time.
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When Jiménez was in eighth grade, his family was deported back to Mexico. A several months later, they returned legally and settled down in a migrant labor camp in
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A short independent dramatic film titled "The Unbroken Sky", adapted from portions of his award-winning book Breaking Through, was completed in 2023.
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Little Immigrant's Sky. Chinese Translation of The Circuit: Stories from the life of a migrant child, The Eastern Publishing Company Co., Ltd. 1999.
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Stories Never to be Forgotten, English translation of Historias para tener presente. Arizona State University: The Bilingual Press, 2015.
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Hispanics in the United States: An Anthology of Creative Literature, Vol. II. Eastern Michigan University: The Bilingual Press, 1982.
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Cajas de Cartón: relatos de la vida peregina de un niño campesino. Boston: School Division, Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
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Los episodios nacionales de Victoriano Salado Alvarez. Prologue, Andrés Iduarte. Mexico: Editorial Diana, 1974.
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