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Origin. Meaning. "Cliff, Crag, Rock; fortress or battlement". Region of origin. Burgos, Castile. de la Peña or Peña is a topographic surname originally given to someone living near a cliff. It is used in Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, and Galician names. It is the 2,469th most common surname in the world and is most prevalent in the United States.
Biography. A San Diego, California, native, [3] Matt de la Peña received his BA from University of the Pacific, which he attended on a basketball scholarship. He then received his MFA in creative writing from San Diego State University. De la Peña wrote Mexican WhiteBoy in 2008, drawing on his own teenage passion for sports and Mexican ...
Jose Enrique de la Peña (1807-1840) was a colonel in the Mexican Army. Under General Antonio López de Santa Anna, de la Peña participated in the Battle of the Alamo. In 1955, a book of his memoirs of the battle was published. The memoirs are controversial in that they said that Davy Crockett did not die fighting (as is the common belief ...
Iván de la Peña. Iván de la Peña López (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβan delaˈpeɲa]; born 6 May 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. During his career, he earned the nicknames Pequeño Buda ('Little Buddha') and Lo Pelat ('The Shaven One') due to his shaven head and slight frame. [2][3]
Last Stop on Market Street. Last Stop on Market Street is a 2015 children's book written by American author Matt de la Peña and illustrated by Christian Robinson, which won the 2016 Newbery Medal, [1][2][3] a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, [4] and a Caldecott Honor. [5] The book follows a young boy named CJ as he learns to appreciate ...
Peña (surname) Peña or de la Peña is a Spanish habitation surname. The origin of the surname can be traced directly to the Middle Ages; the earliest public record of the surname dates to the 13th century in the Valle de Mena (Burgos) in the Kingdom of Castile. The origin of the last name is in present-day Galicia, Spain.
182–257 [1] The siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was the first thirteen days of the Battle of the Alamo. On February 23, Mexican troops under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, and surrounded the Alamo Mission. The Alamo was defended by a small force of Texians and Tejanos, led by ...
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán y de la Peña (born in Vilanova de Arousa, [1] Galicia, Spain, on October 28, 1866, and died in Santiago de Compostela on January 5, 1936) was a Spanish dramatist, novelist, and member of the Spanish Generation of 98. His work was considered radical in its subversion of the traditional Spanish theatre in the ...