Soto, Gary
Born: Apr 12, 1952 AD
Currently alive, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Poets, Writers
Currently alive, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Poets, Writers
1952 - Gary Soto was born on April 12th in Fresno, California, to working-class Mexican American parents.
1975 - He married Carolyn Oda, a woman of Japanese ancestry.
1976 - He began his academic career at Fresno City College, moving on to California State University, Fresno, and the University of California, Irvine, where he earned an M.F.A. degree.
1977 - He won the Academy of American Poets Prize with his first book of poems, The Elements of San Joaquin, which contains grim pictures of Mexican American life in California's central valley.
1985 - Joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught in both the English and Chicano Studies departments.
- His prolific output of poetry, memoirs, essays, and fiction continues unabated and has earned him numerous prizes, including an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for Living up the Street.
1993 - He stopped teaching to become a full-time writer.
1975 - He married Carolyn Oda, a woman of Japanese ancestry.
1976 - He began his academic career at Fresno City College, moving on to California State University, Fresno, and the University of California, Irvine, where he earned an M.F.A. degree.
1977 - He won the Academy of American Poets Prize with his first book of poems, The Elements of San Joaquin, which contains grim pictures of Mexican American life in California's central valley.
1985 - Joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught in both the English and Chicano Studies departments.
- His prolific output of poetry, memoirs, essays, and fiction continues unabated and has earned him numerous prizes, including an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for Living up the Street.
1993 - He stopped teaching to become a full-time writer.
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