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Sabine R. Ulibarrí was.
Sabine Reyes Ulibarrí (September 21, 1919 – January 4, 2003) was an American poet.
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Ulibarrí, Sabine R(eyes)

Nationality: American. Born: Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, 21 September 1919. Education:University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, B.A. 1947, M.A. 1949; University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. 1959. Military Service: Served in U.S. Air Force, 1942-45: Gunner (received Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal four times). Family: Married Connie Limón in 1942; one child. Career: Teacher, Río Arriba County, 1938-40, and El Rito Normal School, both New Mexico, 1940-42; associate professor, 1947-68, professor of Spanish, from 1968, chair of modern and classical languages department, 1973-82, now professor emeritus, University of New Mexico; director, National Defense Education Act Language Institute, Quito, Ecuador, 1963-64; director, Andean Study Center, University of New Mexico-Quito, 1968; vice-president, 1968, president, 1969, American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. Lives in Albuquerque. Awards: Medal Recipient for Promotion of Hispanic Culture, Government of Mexico, 1986; Governor's award for literature, 1987; Hispanic H

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Ulibarri, Sabine R(eyes) 1919-2003

OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born September 21, 1919, in Santa Fe, NM; died of cancer January 4, 2003, in Albuquerque, NM. Educator, poet, and author. Ulibarri was best known for his short fiction, often written in Spanish and frequently published in bilingual editions. A proponent of the Chicano movement in American literature from the 1960s onward, Ulibarri wrote poetry and short stories about Chicano life in New Mexico. His fiction sometimes employed the costumbrismo approach of blending oral folk traditions into contemporary stories, and his work earned the author several awards, including a Hispanic Heritage Award in 1989. Ulibarri taught Spanish and creative writing at the University of New Mexico from 1947 until 1980 and directed the university's Andean Student Center in Quito, Ecuador. He also directed an American institute for languages in Quito in the early 1960s. A firm believer in the importance of bilingual education, Ulibarri worked with publisher D. C. Heath on a project to teach Spanish on television as early

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Sabine R(eyes) Ulibarri Biography

Sabine R. Ulibarrí is a short-story writer, a poet, an essayist, a critic, and a university professor who ranks among the best known of today's Chicano writers. He has received both popular and critical recognition for his literary works and for his ability as an eloquent public speaker. Although some may consider him a regional writer, his appeal transcends his native New Mexico. His works have been well received in the United States and also throughout the Hispanic world. His poems and stories have been widely anthologized in elementary, high school, and college texts. Ulibarrí first achieved literary success in Mexico, Ecuador, and Spain before being recognized in his own country. In fact he is one of the few Chicano writers who writes entirely in Spanish and whose works are translated into English.

Ulibarrí was born 21 September 1919 in Tierra Amarilla, a small village in northern...

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