Difference between revisions of "Francisco Alarcon"
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| − | + | Taught at the University of California, Davis, and was the co-author of 'Mundo 21'. Supporter of protests against Arizona's anti-immigration legislation through his writings. Notable books include 'Body in Flames/Cuerpo en llamas' (1990); 'De amor oscuro/Of Dark Love' (1991); 'Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation' (1992, winner of the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation), 'From the Other Side of Night/Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems' (2002), 'Ce Uno One: Poemas para el Nuevo Sol/Poems for the New Sun' (2010), 'Borderless Butterflies: Earth Haikus and Other Poems/Mariposas sin fronteras: Haikus terrenales y otros poemas (2014)', and 'Canto hondo/Deep Song' (2015). | |
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| + | * http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/francisco-x-alarcon | ||
| + | * http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-francisco-alarcon-20160121-story.html | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:03, 22 January 2016
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1954 - 2016
Occupation
Poet
Description
Taught at the University of California, Davis, and was the co-author of 'Mundo 21'. Supporter of protests against Arizona's anti-immigration legislation through his writings. Notable books include 'Body in Flames/Cuerpo en llamas' (1990); 'De amor oscuro/Of Dark Love' (1991); 'Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation' (1992, winner of the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation), 'From the Other Side of Night/Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems' (2002), 'Ce Uno One: Poemas para el Nuevo Sol/Poems for the New Sun' (2010), 'Borderless Butterflies: Earth Haikus and Other Poems/Mariposas sin fronteras: Haikus terrenales y otros poemas (2014)', and 'Canto hondo/Deep Song' (2015).
