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Scope and Contents The drawing is a self-portrait written in English and Spanish words with a graphite pencil. Wikipedia: José Antonio "Tony" Burciaga (1940 - October 7, 1996) was a Chicano artist, poet, and writer who explored issues of Chicano identity and American society. In 1960 Burciaga joined the United States Air Force. After spending a year in Iceland, where he wrote extensively as part of his job, he was sent to Zaragoza, Spain, for three years. There he discovered the work of Spanish poet, Federico Garcí­a Lorca. After completing his military service, he earned a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968 and started work as an illustrator and graphic artist, first in Mineral Wells, Texas (an experience he later recorded in an "Hispanic Link" column called "Mineral Wells--A Near and Distant Memory"), and then in Washington, D.C., where he began his participation in the Chicano movement and where he met Cecilia Preciado, whom he married in 1972. After moving to...

Dates: 1980

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José Antonio Burciaga

American poet

José Antonio Burciaga
Born	( 1940 -08-23)August 23, 1940 El Paso, Texas
Died	( 1996 -10-07)October 7, 1996
Occupation	Muralist artist poet writer
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Texas El Paso
Spouse	Cecilia Preciado

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José Antonio Burciaga
Born	1940 El Paso, Texas
Died	October 7, 1996( 1996 -Template:MONTHNUMBER-07)
Occupation	Muralist, artist, poet, writer
Nationality	USA
Ethnicity	Chicano
Alma mater	University of Texas El Paso
Spouse(s)	Cecilia Preciado

José Antonio "Tony" Burciaga (1940 - October 7, 1996) was an AmericanChicano poet, artist, and prose writer, who explored issues of Chicano identity and American society.

Life[]

Career[]

In 1960 Burciaga joined the United States Air Force. After spending a year in Iceland, where he wrote extensively as part of his job, he was sent to Zaragoza, Spain, for 3 years. There he discovered the work of Spanish poet, Federico García Lorca.

After completing his military service, he earned a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1968, and started work as an illustrator and graphic artist, in Mineral Wells, Texas (an experience he later recorded in an "Hispanic Link" column called "Mineral Wells: A near and distant memory"), and then in Washington, D.C., where he began his participation in the Chicano movement and where he met Cecilia Preciado, whom he married in 1972.

After moving to California in 1974 so Cecilia could work at Stanford University, Burciaga started writing re