For
Immediate Release
Sept. 29, 2010
Award-winning Author To Speak At HCC
Sergio Troncoso’s
Works Have Won Critical Acclaim
Speaks 10/5, 12:30 p.m. Free, Open to Public.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT PETER EVERETT AT (203) 332-5074
BRIDGEPORT – Author Sergio Troncoso, who wrote two critically
acclaimed books, will speak at Housatonic Community College Tuesday,
Oct. 5.
Troncoso, whose book The Last Tortilla and Other Stories,
won the Premio Aztlan award
and the Southwest Book Award, will speak as part of the college’s Writers
in the Housatonic Classroom program. Publisher’s Weekly described
the stories as “richly satisfying," while Booklist said
the collection is "enthusiastically recommended."
Troncoso’s The Nature of Truth: A Novel, is a story
about a Yale research student who discovers that his boss, a renowned
professor, hides a Nazi past. This has also won plaudits from critics. "Troncoso
excels as a narrator, a storyteller, and a creator of vivid characters
and images," said Southwest Book Views, while the Chicago
Tribune described the book as an "impressively lucid first
thriller."
Troncoso's stories have been featured in many anthologies, including Camino
del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing (University
of Arizona Press), Latino Boom: An Anthology of U. S. Latino Literature (Pearson/Longman
Publishing), Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature (University
of New Mexico Press), and New World: Young Latino Writers (Dell
Publishing). His work has also appeared in Newsday, The
El Paso Times, Other Voices, Pembroke Magazine, Encyclopedia
Latina, and many other newspapers and literary magazines.
Troncoso graduated from Harvard College, and studied international
relations and philosophy at Yale University. He won a Fulbright scholarship
to Mexico and was inducted into the Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni
Hall of Fame.
The event, which is open to the public at no charge, begins at 12:30
p.m. in Room A101 in Lafayette Hall. For more information, contact
Peter Everett at 203-332-5074.
HCC is located at 900 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Bridgeport, less
than 150 yards offI-95 (Exit 27) and Rte. 8 (Exit 1), a block from
the Arena at Harbor Yard. Free parking is available in the HCC
garage.
Anson C. Smith, Public Relations Coordinator
Housatonic Community College
900 Lafayette Blvd.
Bridgeport, CT 06604
Tel: 203-332-5229, Fax: 203-332-5247
E-mail: asmith@hcc.commnet.edu