Alejandro Murguía (born August 15, 1949), is an American

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...

, short story writer, educator, and editor. He is known for his writings about the San Francisco's Mission District.

Biography

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

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

(SFSU). Murguía teaches Latina/Latino Studies at San Francisco State University. In 2012, he was named San Francisco Poet Laureate by mayor

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Awards

* 1991, 2003

American Book Award The American Book Awards are an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "t ...

* 2012 San Francisco Poet Laureate

Works

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