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Luis Valdez

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Luis Valdez


Born
in Delano, California, The United States
June 26, 1940

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Genre
Theater, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


Luis Valdez is an American playwright, writer and film director.

He is regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States.

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Average rating: 3.81 · 2,575 ratings · 247 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors
Zoot Suit and Other Plays
3.85 avg rating — 1,274 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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Zoot Suit
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Los Vendidos
3.86 avg rating — 256 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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Early Works: Actos / Bernab...
3.91 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1990
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Mummified Deer and Other Plays
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3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2005
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Luis Valdez Early Works: Ac...
4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions
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The Shrunken Head of Pancho...
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No Saco Nada de la Escuela
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Las Dos Caras del Patroncito
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Soldado Razo
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“No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us.”
― Luis Valdez
tags: chicano, freedom, history, liberty, native-american, society, united-states, usa
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“IN LAK’ECH
Tú eres mi otro yo.
You are my other me.
Si te hago daño a ti,
If I do harm to you,
Me hago daño a mi mismo.
I do harm to myself.
Si te amo y respeto,
If I love and respect you,
Me amo y respeto yo.
I love and respect myself.”
― Luis Valdez
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“Only this reality is real now, only this place is real, sitting in the lonely cell of your will...”
― Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit
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