Felipe López (author)
Felipe H. Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Lucas Quiaviní, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Language | Zapotec, Spanish |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | 2017 Premios CaSa for the creation of Zapotec literature[1] |
Felipe H. Lopez is a Zapotec-language scholar and writer.
Life[edit]
Lopez was born in the town of San Lucas Quiaviní, Oaxaca in Mexico. At the age 16, he migrated to Los Angeles, California, speaking no English and little Spanish.[2] Later, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in Urban planning, and currently he is a faculty member at Seton Hall University.[3] He has published poetry, academic articles, and Zapotec-language learning materials.[4] In 2021, he had an appearance in Netflix's animated series City of Ghosts, where he represented himself, a Zapotec-language professor. [5]
Works[edit]
- Munro, Pamela & Felipe H. Lopez et al. Di'csyonaary x:tèe'n dìi'zh sah Sann Lu'uc = San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec dictionary. Los Angeles : UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Publications, 1999.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2020. "Recovering Knowledge through Forgotten Words." Global SL (blog), Campus Compact, July 17, 2020.
- Lopez, Felipe H., Luis Escala-Rabadan, and Raul Hinojosa. 2001. "Migrant Associations, Remittances, and Regional Development between Los Angeles and Oaxaca, Mexico." UCLA NAID.
- Lopez, Felipe H., and David Runsten. 2004. "Mixtecs and Zapotecs Working in California: Rural and Urban Experiences." In Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States, edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado, 249-78. San Diego: Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD/Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2017. Mam and Guepy: Two Valley Zapotec Poems. Latin America Literary Review Vol. 44 (88): 83-84. Online: https://www.lalrp.net/articles/abstract/22/.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. "Seven Poems." Latin American Literature Today 1(7). Online: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2018/august/seven-poems-felipe-h-lopez.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. Liaza chaa ‘I’m going home’. Latin American Literature Today 1(7). Online: http://www.latinamericanliteraturetoday.org/en/2018/august/liaza-chaa-im-going-home-felipe-h-lopez.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2018. "Gyec Muly – The Money Cage – La jaula de dinero." The Acentos Review. Online: http://www.acentosreview.com/may2018/felipe-h-lopez-and-brook.html.
- Lopez, Felipe H., Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, & Pamela Munro, with Savita M. Deo, Graham Mauro, & Saúl Ontiveros. 2019. San Lucas Quiaviní Zapotec Talking Dictionary, version 2.0. Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages. http://www.talkingdictionary.org/sanlucasquiavini.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2021. Reclaiming our Languages. In Flores-Marcial et al. (eds), Caseidyneën Saën–Learning Together: Colonial Valley Zapotec Teaching Materials. Online: http://ds-wordpress.haverford.edu/ticha-resources/modules/chapter/reclaiming-our-languages/.
- Lopez, Felipe H. 2022. "3 Poems - Rla dizh / Xjaa / Lo nez Santa Mony." Latin@ Literatures: A Cultural and Literary Journal (3). Online: https://www.latinoliteratures.org/archives/935.
- Munro, Pamela, Brook Danielle Lillehaugen, Felipe H. Lopez, Brynn Paul, and Lillian Leibovich. 2022. Cali Chiu? A Course in Valley Zapotec, 3rd edition. Haverford: Haverford College Libraries Open Educational Resources. Online: https://oer.haverford.edu/cali-chiu/.
References[edit]
- ^ "Anuncian ganadores de Premios CaSa". Oaxaca Media. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Zapotec Scholar Felipe H. Lopez Reflects On How 'City of Ghosts' Portrays LA's Indigenous Communities". Remezcla. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Quechua Initiative on Global Indigeneity". harvard.edu. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Liaza chaa / I'm going home". Latin American Literature Today. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "How City of Ghosts Crafted an Inclusive Ode to Los Angeles's Overlooked Past". Vulture. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- [video] Presentation of Dizhsa Nabani, web-based documentary film series, with Felipe H. Lopez, Brook Lilehaugen, Eddie Oggborn, Sabea Evans, and Kathryn Goldberg at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. [1]
- Poetry on 'Latin American Literature Today [2]