Octavio I. Romano
Octavio Ignacio Romano V. (1923-2005) was a professor of public health at UC Berkeley and the founder of Quinto Sol Publications.[1]
Octavio I. Romano | |
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| Born | February 20, 1923 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Died | February 26, 2005 (aged 82) Berkeley, California |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Known for | Quinto Sol |
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| Alma mater | University of New Mexico (BA) UC Berkeley (PhD) |
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| Institutions | UC Berkeley |
Romano was born in Mexico City in 1923.[2] He and his family moved to the United States as a child and grew up in San Diego.[1] He enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II and served in Europe for two and a half years.[1] After the war, Romano used the GI Bill to become the first person in his family to earn a college degree.[1]
He founded Quinto Sol in 1965, where he published Rudolfo Anaya's debut novel Bless Me, Ultima in 1972 after it was passed up by other publishing houses.[3][1] Romano’s work is considered to be foundational to the origin of Chicano cultural thought.[4] Quinto Sol also published El Grito in Berkeley from 1967-74 with Nick C. Vaca and Herminio Ríos.[5]
References
- Hendricks, Tyche (16 March 2005). "Octavio I. Romano -- Chicano scholar". SF Gate. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- Romano, Olga. "Octavio Romano, Publisher of Mexican-American Literature". The Berkeley Daily Planet. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Tenopia, Tia. "LATINOPIA HERO DR. OCTAVIO I. ROMANO V". Latinopia. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- Garcia, Richard (Fall 1995). "The Origins of Chicano Cultural Thought: Visions and Paradigms: Romano's Culturalism, Alurista's Aesthetics, and Acuña's Communalism". California History. 74 (4): 290–305. doi:10.2307/25177512. JSTOR 25177512. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- "l Grito: A Journal of Contemporary Mexican-American Thought". Open Door Archive. Retrieved 16 April 2022.