Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Wednesday, February 5, 4 p.m.

McCune Conference Room

Presented by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center

The Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature, now in its twentieth year, honors a writer of Chicano/Latino background who has attained national and international distinction.  Manuel Muñoz, A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor of English at the University of Arizona, is the recipient of the 2025 Leal Award is Manuel Muñoz.  Mr. Muñoz will converse with Prof. Mario T. Garcia, UCSB Department of Chicano Studies, and the founder and director of the Leal Award.