Benjamin Alire Saenz

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Country

Mexico

Birth - Death

1954 -

Occupation

Writer

Notable Achievement

Lambda Literary Award

Description

Novelist, poet, writer of children's books. Teacher at the University of Texas, El Paso in creative writing. Notable works include 'Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club' (2012) which won a PEN/Faulkner award, and his book of poems 'The Book of What Remains' (2010). Lambda Literary Awards for Gay Male Fiction for 'Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club' and Children’s/Young Adult for 'Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe'.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/benjamin-alire-saenz
• http://whttp://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/just-this-side-of-tragic-an-interview-with-benjamin-alire-saenz/ww.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/03/20/gay-author-benjamin-alire-s%C3%A1enz-wins-penfaulkner-fiction-award
• http://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/just-this-side-of-tragic-an-interview-with-benjamin-alire-saenz/

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