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Angélico Chávez

Born

in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, The United States

April 10, 1910

Died

March 18, 1996

Genre

Literature & Fiction, History, Poetry

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Fray Angélico Chávez (1910-1996) was an American Franciscan Priest, historian, author, poet and painter. Born the first of 10 children he attended public schools in Mora. At the age of 14, Chávez was admitted to St. Francis Seminary in Ohio.

While at the seminary, Chávez endeavored to improve his English (his second language) through a study of the classic literature of the language. He began writing fiction, essays, and other works at this time, several of which were published in the Brown and White, the student magazine he later edited.

In 1929, he officially became a novice and received the order's habit. Due to his promise as a visual artist, was given the religious name Frater Angélico after the Florentine painter Fra Angelico. He contin ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 146 ratings · 16 reviews · 78 distinct works • Similar authors

	Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period 4.50 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Penitente Land: Reflections on Spanish New Mexico by Angélico Chávez, Thomas J. Steele (Foreword) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Conquistadora: The Autobiography of an Ancient Statue 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1983 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chavez, A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Mexico Triptych, Three Stories Set in the American Southwest 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	But Time and Change: The Story of Padre Martinez of Taos, 1793-1867 by Angélico Chávez, Angélico Chávez really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1981 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guitars and Adobes, and the Uncollected Stories of Fray Angélico Chávez: by Angélico Chávez, McCracken Ellen (Editor), Ellen McCracken (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady from Toledo: An Historical Novel in Santa Fe by Angélico Chávez, Thomas E. Chávez (Designer), R. C. Weaver (Illustrator) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Penitente Land 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The short stories of Fray Angelico Chavez by Angélico Chávez, Genaro M. Padilla liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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