Richard Blanco (born Spain) is an American
poet.
Life
He immigrated with his Cuban exile family to Miami where he was
raised and educated.
He
graduated from Florida International
University
in Civil Engineering (1991) and Master in Fine Arts
in Creative Writing (1997), where he studied with Campbell McGrath.
Since 1999, he traveled and lived in Guatemala, and Brazil.
He taught
at Georgetown
University
, American University
, and Central
Connecticut State University
. He lives in Miami.
His work has appeared in
The Nation,
Ploughshares,
Indiana Review,
Michigan
Quarterly Review,
TriQuarterly Review,
New
England Review, and
Americas Review.
Awards
- 1988 Agnes Lynch
Starrett Poetry Prize
- John Ciardi Fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers
Conference
- Florida Artist Fellowship
- Residency Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative
Arts
Works
Anthologies
References
- http://www.richard-blanco.com/
- http://www.pen.org/page.php/prmID/1332
- http://www.writerscenter.org/blancosvoboda.html
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http://www.pshares.org/authors/authordetails.cfm?prmauthoriD=6874
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http://www.florida-arts.org/grants/fellowship/displayfellow.cfm?id=128
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