Nonfiction — Francisco Cantú (Whiting Award 2017)Francisco Cantú

Nonfiction — Francisco Cantú (Whiting Award 2017)

Whiting Award · 2017 · Winner

Whiting FoundationApril 1, 2017Literary Fiction

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Whiting Award	2017	Winner	“Nonfiction — Francisco Cantú”

About This Book

Francisco Cantú is recognized for his nonfiction memoir The Line Becomes a River, which documents his years as a U.S. Border Patrol agent and his growing discomfort with the violence of enforcement at the southern border. This record is a writer-level placeholder for his Whiting Award.

About the Author

Francisco CantúAmerican

Francisco Cantú is an American writer, translator, and former U.S. Border Patrol agent (2008-2012), best known for his memoir The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border, which won the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction. He has also received a Whiting Award, Pushcart Prize, Art for Justice fellowship, and Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano Literature, with his essays and translations appearing in The New Yorker, Granta, and Best American Essays. Read more →