Sabine R. Ulibarrí
1919-
Other Works
Tierra Amarilla: Stories of New Mexico
Write What You Know There is a strong autobiographical element in the setting and events of "My Wonder Horse." Sabine Ulibarrí's family is part of an established Hispanic heritage in northern New Mexico that pre-dates by three centuries the formation of the United States. Ulibarrí was born in a town in the mountain foothills of the region, rode the range on his father's cattle ranch there, and as a child listened to stories of a legendary white horse.
Going Public Ulibarrí was a constant reader even before reaching school age. While still an adolescent, he organized a literary club among students his age and led debates on various topics. After finishing his schooling, he taught Spanish for many years at the University of New Mexico. However, Ulibarrí was 42 years old before he published his first writings. "This business of publishing is frightening because... one is confessing whether one has talent or not," he once said in an interview.
Preserving the Past Recording the history of Hispanics of northern New Mexico is the focus of Ulibarrí's short stories. He feels that the Hispanic world of his childhood is becoming lost, and so his stories "attempt to document the historia sentimental, the essence of that culture before it completely disappears." In the United States, most of his writings appear in bilingual editions because he writes entirely in Spanish.
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