González, Rigoberto

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Name (Latin)
González, Rigoberto
Date of birth
1970-07-18
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 43620311
Wikidata: Q7333845
Library of congress: n 98086894
Sources of Information
  • What drowns the flowers in your mouth, ©2018:ECIP t.p. (Rigoberto González) ECIP data view (Rigoberto González is the author of thirteen books of poetry and prose, including the memoirs Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa (winner of the American Book Award) and Autobiography of My Hungers. He is a contributing editor for Poets & Writers magazine, serves on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, and is an associate professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey)
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 11, 2017(Rigoberto González; Rigoberto González (born 1970) is an American writer and book critic. He is an editor and author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and bilingual children's books, and self-identifies in his writing as a gay Chicano; Born in Bakersfield, California on July 18, 1970, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico; He earned a B.A. in Humanities and Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of California, Riverside, and graduate degrees from the University of California, Davis, and Arizona State University in Tempe)
  • So often the pitcher goes to water ... c1999:CIP t.p. (by Rigoberto González)
  • His Crossing vines, 2003:CIP t.p. (Rigoberto González) data sheet (b. July 18, 1970)
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Wikipedia description:

Rigoberto González (born July 18, 1970) is an American writer and book critic. He is an editor and author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and bilingual children's books, and self-identifies in his writing as a gay Chicano. His most recent project is Latino Poetry, a Library of America anthology, which gathers verse that spans from the 17th century to the present day. His memoir What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography. He is the 2015 recipient of the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle, the 2020 recipient of the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, and the 2024 recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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