El Pasoan Sergio Troncoso to be inducted into Texas Literary Hall of Fame

EL PASO, Texas ( KTSM ) — Self-described “proud” El Pasoan and author Sergio Troncoso has been selected to be among this year’s inductees into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame.

Troncoso, a graduate of Ysleta High School, will be honored on Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.

“I’m thinking of my parents today, Rodolfo and Bertha Troncoso. It’s the values my father and mother taught us in Ysleta, to work hard beyond exhaustion, to be responsible, to never quit, and to work for your community. The values of Mexican immigrants. I’m remembering them today,” Troncoso said in an email sent to KTSM announcing his induction.

Troncoso said that most of the eight books he has written are about El Paso and growing up on the Border.

The public library in Ysleta is named after Troncoso as well.

Here is a brief biography of Troncoso as provided by the TCU Library.

“Sergio Troncoso is the author of eight books, most recently ‘Nobody’s Pilgrims,’ which won the Gold Medal for Best Novel-Adventure or Drama in English from the International Latino Book Awards. He also wrote ‘A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son,’ which Luis Alberto Urrea hailed as ‘a world-class collection’ and Junot Díaz called ‘a masterwork.’ Troncoso edited ‘Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds,’ which received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. A Fulbright scholar, Troncoso is past president of the Texas Institute of Letters. He has been teaching at the Yale Writers’ Workshop since 2013. His work has appeared in the Pleiades, Yale Review, New Letters, Other Voices, Houston Chronicle, Texas Highways, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Texas Monthly.”

Troncoso will be inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame along with six other authors.

“We are thrilled to honor these amazing authors whose induction into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame was inevitable,” says Tracy L. Hull, dean of the TCU Library. “Their induction is a validation of their talent and expertise as an author.”

For more information about the author you can visit his website by clicking here .

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