Quinto Sol

For the Aztec myth, see Five Suns.

Quinto Sol is a publishing company with goals concerning bringing Chicano literature to the forefront of American culture and uniting all Chicanos in the United States. It was founded in 1967 by Octavio I. Romano and, from 1970–1972, offered the Premio Quinto Sol literary prize—to Tomás Rivera, Rudolfo Anaya, and Rolando Hinojosa--each of whom is now considered a major literary voice.[1] The final award was given in 1975 to Estela Portillo Trambley.[2]

After this fourth award, Quinto Sol divided into two separate publishers, Editorial Justa and Tonatiuh International,[3] the latter of which later became TQS Publications.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cyrus R.K. Patell, "Emergent Ethnic Literatures: Native American, Hispanic, Asian American," A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture, ed. Josephine G. Hendin, p.366.
  2. ^ Luis Leal and Manuel M. Martin-Rodríguez, "Chicano Literature, The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature, vol. 2, Ed. Roberto González Echevarría and Enrique Pupo-Walker, p.571.
  3. ^ Héctor Calderón, Narratives of Greater Mexico: Essays on Chicano Literary History, Genre, and Borders, U of Texas P, p. 66.
  4. ^ Nicolás Kanellos, Hispanic literature of the United States: a comprehensive reference, Greenwood 2003, p.241.