Pat Mora
Published Works:
Confetti: Poems for
Children, 1999
My Own True Name: New and
Selected Poems for Young Adults, 1984-1999
Aunt Carmen's
Book of Practical Saints, 1997
Agua Santa: Holy Water, 1995
Communion, 1991
Borders, 1986
Chants, 1984
Biography
Pat Mora, a great
Hispanic poetry writer has won
many awards on her books and poetry. She has the Kellogg National
Leadership fellowships award, the national endowment for the Arts award, the
southwest book awards, and the Aztlán literature Awards.
Mora was born El Paso Texas, January 19th, 1942. She writes on many topics such as poetry, children’s books, and nonfiction writing. She taught in the university of New Mexico as an distinguished visiting professor. Mora also was a museum director and consultant for US-Mexico youth exchanges. She’s received two degrees. She got a BA from Texas Western College in 1963 and got an MA from the University of Texas, El Paso in 1967.
Mora’s more popular
books include My Own True Name (1984-1999), Aunt Carmen’s book of
Practical Saints (1997), and Auga Santa (1995). She is now retired and
lives peacefully in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Pat is a native of El Paso.
Her family descended here during the Mexican revolution. She spends most of
her time writing and traveling to schools and other events to teach young
writers. She has started to settle down around the
Santa Fe, New
Mexico and Cincinnati, Ohio. she now travels around there inspiring young
writers and every once in a while traveling to other schools in the US
teaching them about writing to.