Francisco X. Alarcón
Francisco Xavier Alarcón (born 21 February 1954 Wilmington, California) is an American poet and educator.[1]
Life
He moved to Guadalajara, Mexico, when he was 6. He graduated from California State University, Long Beach, and Stanford University.[2]
He teaches at the University of California, Davis.[3]
In response to a group of students chaining themselves to the Arizona State Capitol on April 20, 2010 to protest the anti-immigrant legislation Arizona SB 1070, Alarcón penned the poem "For the Capitol Nine" and posted it to his Facebook page. Prompted by the response to this poem, he created a Facebook group called "Poets Responding to SB 1070", which grew to include over 1200 poems and received over 600,000 hits. A anthology of poems from the group is being prepared for publication.[4]
Awards
- 1984 Chicano Literary Prize
- 1993 American Book Award
- 1993 PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award
- 1997 Pura Belpré Honor Award by the American Library Association
- 1998 Carlos Pellicer-Robert Frost Poetry Honor Award by the Third Binational Border Poetry Contest, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
- 2002 Pura Belpré Honor Award, Danforth and Fulbright fellowships
- 2002 Fred Cody Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bay Area Book Reviewers Association (BABRA)
Works
- Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. Chronicle Books. February 1, 1992. ISBN 9780811801614.
- Sonnets to Madness and Other Misfortunes / Sonetos a la locura y otras penas (Berkeley: Creative Arts Book Company 2001)
- From the Other Side of Night / Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press 2002)
- Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems/ Iguanas en la Nieve Y Otros Poemas de Invierno. Illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez. Perfection Learning Corporation. 2005. ISBN 9780756970932.
- Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems/Jitomates Risuenos Y Otros Poemas de Primavera. Illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez. Bt Bound. 2005. ISBN 9781417669684.
- From the Bellybutton of the Moon And Other Summer Poems/del Ombligo De La Luna Y. Illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez. Bt Bound. 2005. ISBN 9781417669691.
- Angels Ride Bikes/Los Angeles Andan En Bicicleta: And Other Fall Poems/Y Otros Poemas de Otono. Illustrator Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Val, Incorporated. 2005. ISBN 9781417669707.
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