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Alejandro Murguía

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Alejandro Murguía
Born (1949-08-15) August 15, 1949 (age 75)
United States
Occupation
  • Poet
  • educator
  • short story writer
  • editor
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (1991, 2003)

Alejandro Murguía (born August 15, 1949),[1] is an American poet, short story writer, educator, and editor.[2] He is known for his writings about the San Francisco's Mission District.[3]

Biography

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Alejandro Murguía was born on August 15, 1949, in the United States, and he was raised in Mexico after the death of his mother.[1] He moved from Los Angeles to San Francisco in the early 1970s[4] He has a B.A. degree and M.F.A. degree from San Francisco State University (SFSU).[1]

Murguía teaches Latina/Latino Studies at San Francisco State University.[3] In 2012, he was named San Francisco Poet Laureate by mayor Ed Lee.[3]

Awards

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Works

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  • This War Called Love. City Lights Publishers. May 2002. ISBN 978-0-87286-394-1.
  • The medicine of memory: a Mexica clan in California. University of Texas Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-292-75267-2. Alejandro Murguía.
  • Alejandro Murguía; Barbara Paschke, eds. (1983). Volcán: poems from Central America : a bilingual anthology. Photographer Barbara Paschke. City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-153-4. Alejandro Murguía.
  • Southern Front. Bilingual Review Press. March 1990. ISBN 978-0-916950-97-2.
  • Jose Montoya, Alejandro Murguia (1972). El Sol y los de Abajo and other R.C.A.F. poems / Oracion a la Mano Poderosa. Photographer Adal. Ediciones Pocho-Che.
  • Stray Poems: San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 6. City Lights Publishers. May 2014. ISBN 978-0-87286-616-4.

Anthologies

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Kanellos, Nicolás (2022-09-20). Latino Almanac: From Early Explorers to Corporate Leaders. Visible Ink Press. p. 718. ISBN 978-1-57859-753-6.
  2. ^ "Alejandro Murguia's Biography | Red Room - Where the Writers Are". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  3. ^ a b c May, Meredith (21 January 2013). "Alejandro Murguía sees poetry in S.F." SFGate.
  4. ^ "Getting to know Alejandro Murguía". El Tecolote. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  5. ^ "Alejandro Murguia". San Francisco International Poetry Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
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