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Gary Soto
Born April 1952
Fresno, California
Occupation author, poet
Nationality USA
Notable award(s) Academy of American Poets Prize; American Book Award
Influences
Official website

Gary Soto (born April 1952) is an American author and poet. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of Poetry. The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. Thomas Berger may refer to Thomas Berger (novelist (b 1924 American author Thomas R Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Carson McCullers ( February 19, 1917 &ndash September 29, 1967) was an American Writer. Richard Russo (born July 15 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist. John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist most widely recognized for his Crime fiction. James Arthur Crumley ( 12 October - 17 September) was the author of violent Hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist and Short story writer Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American Playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, ( May 16 1905 - January 29 1974) better known as H A R Gurney (Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr (born November 1, 1930) is an American Playwright and Novelist. Martín Espada (born 1957 is a poet and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and Latino poetry William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December Elmore John Leonard Jr (born October 11, 1925) is a popular and acclaimed American Novelist and Screenwriter. William Shakespeare ( baptised Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose"

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Biography

Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, to working-class Mexican-American parents. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He had an older brother named Rick, and a younger sister named Debra. Soto lived in Fresno where he worked as a factory laborer. His inspirational poetry artists were:Thomas Berger, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Pablo Neruda, Carson McCullers, Richard Russo, John Galsworthy, Walter Mosley, Edward Fields, James Crumley, Richard Ford, Christopher Durang, David Mamet, H.E. Bates, A.R. Gurney, Nick Cinturati, Martín Espada, Robertson Davies, Elmore Leonard, and William Shakespeare. Thomas Berger may refer to Thomas Berger (novelist (b 1924 American author Thomas R Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (born March 6 1927 is a Colombian Pablo Neruda ( July 12, 1904 – September 23, 1973) was the pen name and later legal name of the Chilean writer and politician Carson McCullers ( February 19, 1917 &ndash September 29, 1967) was an American Writer. Richard Russo (born July 15 1949) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist. John Galsworthy OM (ˈgɔːlzwɝːðɪ ( 14 August, 1867 — 31 January, 1933) was an English Novelist and Walter Ellis Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist most widely recognized for his Crime fiction. James Arthur Crumley ( 12 October - 17 September) was the author of violent Hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories Richard Ford (born February 16, 1944) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Novelist and Short story writer Christopher Ferdinand Durang (born January 2, 1949) is an American Playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Herbert Ernest Bates, CBE, ( May 16 1905 - January 29 1974) better known as H A R Gurney (Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr (born November 1, 1930) is an American Playwright and Novelist. Martín Espada (born 1957 is a poet and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches creative writing and Latino poetry William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December Elmore John Leonard Jr (born October 11, 1925) is a popular and acclaimed American Novelist and Screenwriter. William Shakespeare ( baptised [1]

He had very low grades throughout school, but became interested in poetry in high school and began writing poetry while he attended Fresno City College. Fresno City College ( FCC) is a community College in Fresno California. Soto moved on to California State University, Fresno for his undergraduate degree, and then to the University of California, Irvine, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1976. California State University Fresno, commonly referred to as Fresno State and even plainly State, is one of the campuses of California State University The University of California Irvine is a public Coeducational Research university situated in Irvine, California. In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts ( MFA) is a Graduate degree typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the Bachelor's degree

His work earned him recognition in the semi_late 70's, when he won an Academy of American Poets Prize. The Academy of American Poets is the preeminent organization in the United States dedicated to the art of Poetry. His first book of poems, The Elements of San Joaquin, which contains grim pictures of Mexican American life in California's Central Valley, was published in 1987. The Central Valley is a large flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U The year 1987 in literature involved some significant events and new books In 1985, he joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught in both the English department and Chicano Studies department. The University of California Berkeley (also referred to as Cal, Berkeley and UC Berkeley) is a major research university located in Berkeley He stopped teaching in 1994 to write full-time, but returned to teaching in 2003 with a post at University of California, Riverside. The University of California Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public Research university and one of the 10 general His prolific output of poetry, memoirs, short stories, children's novels, plays, essays, and fiction continues and has earned him numerous prizes, including an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for "Living up the Street" (1985). The American Book Award was established in 1978 by the Before Columbus Foundation. The Before Columbus Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976 by Ishmael Reed, Victor Hernández Cruz, Shawn Wong and Rudolfo Anaya [2]

Publications

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Awards and honors

His honors include the Andrew Carnegie Medal, the United States Award of the International Poetry Forum, The Nation/"Discovery" Prize, and the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award from Poetry. Andrew Carnegie (properly kɑrˈneɪgi but commonly /ˈkɑrnɨgi/ or /kɑrˈnɛgi/ (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919 was a Scottish -born American Industrialist Poetry, published in Chicago Illinois since 1912 is one of the leading monthly Poetry journals in the English-speaking world Poetry, published in Chicago Illinois since 1912 is one of the leading monthly Poetry journals in the English-speaking world Poetry, published in Chicago Illinois since 1912 is one of the leading monthly Poetry journals in the English-speaking world He has also received fellowships from the California Arts Council, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA is a United States federally funded and donation assisted program that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence Currently, he is writing for Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing, which will be published in spring of 2008.

NEW AND SELECTED POEMS was a 1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. He has received the Bess Hokin Prize and the Levinson Award, the Discovery-The Nation Prize, the U. S. Award of the International Poetry Forum, The California Library Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award [twice], a Recogniton of Merit from the Claremont Graduate School for Baseball in April, the Silver Medal from The Commonwealth Club of California, and the Tomás Rivera Prize, in addition to fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (twice), and the California Arts Council. In 1999 he received the Literature Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association, and the PEN Center West Book Award for Petty Crimes. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gary Soto FAQ
  2. ^ The Academy of American Poets
  3. ^ Gary Soto website
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