Difference between revisions of "Richard Blanco"
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| − | First gay, immigrant, Latino poet to read at a Presidential inauguration, for President Barack Obama in 2012. Multiple awards for his poetry work. The poem he presented for the inauguration was titled 'One Today'. | + | First gay, immigrant, Latino poet to read at a Presidential inauguration, for President Barack Obama in 2012. Multiple awards for his poetry work. The poem he presented for the inauguration was titled 'One Today'. Author of the book 'The Prince of Los Cocuyos' (2014, Lambda Literary Award). |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 21 July 2015
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1968 -
Occupation
Poet
Notable Achievements
Lambda Literary Award
Description
First gay, immigrant, Latino poet to read at a Presidential inauguration, for President Barack Obama in 2012. Multiple awards for his poetry work. The poem he presented for the inauguration was titled 'One Today'. Author of the book 'The Prince of Los Cocuyos' (2014, Lambda Literary Award).
