Benjamin Alire Sáenz, first Latino winner of PEN/Faulkner award, dies aged 71
Award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz has passed away at age 71, leaving behind a legacy of literature that explored LGBTQ+ identity and life on the US-Mexico border. He was the first Latino writer to receive the PEN/Faulkner award and was widely celebrated for his young adult fiction.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Larry D Moore Benjamin Alire Sáenz in this 2016 picture. Photograph: Larry D Moore Books Benjamin Alire Sáenz, first Latino winner of PEN/Faulkner award, dies aged 71 Celebrated writer, poet and novelist for young adults drew upon his sexuality and life on US southern border
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