Floyd Salas

Fiction Writer, Poet

Author's Bio

Both my first novel, Tattoo the Wicked Cross, and my memoir, Buffalo Nickel, are featured in Masterpieces of Hispanic Literature (HarperCollins 1994).My fiction, non-fiction and poetry manuscripts as well as letters and biographical information are archived in the Floyd Salas collection in the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Tattoo the Wicked Cross, earned a place on the San Francisco Chronicle's Western 100 List of Best 20th Century Fiction.

Publications & Prizes

Fiction

Books:
State of Emergency (Arte Público Press, 1996)
,
What Now My Love (Arte Público Press, 1994)
,
Tattoo the Wicked Cross (Second Chance Press, 1981)

Poetry

Books:
Highrunning Heart (Local Gems Poetry Press, 2016)
,
Color of My Living Heart (Arte Público Press, 1996)
,
Buffalo Nickel (Arte Público Press, 1992)
Prizes won: 

NEA; California Art Council Literary Fellowship; Eugene F. Saxton Fellowship; Joseph Henry Jackson Award; Rockefeller Foundation Fiction Fellowship; PEN Oakland Literary Censorship Award; 2002-2003 Regent’s Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley; American Book Awards - Lifetime Achievement;

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Walsenberg
Raised in: 
Oakland, CA
California
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Last update: Aug 10, 2016