Rodrigo Toscano (born 1964 in
San Diego
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) is an Hispano Americano poet and
labor
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and
environmental activist
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. He has worked with the Labor Institute since 2000 as a director of national projects. He is also a lifelong amateur classical pianist.
Life
Originally from San Diego, California, Toscano lived in
San Francisco
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from 1995 to 1999, and in
Brooklyn
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, New York from 1999 to 2015. He works for the Labor Institute based in New York City, and lives in
New Orleans, Louisiana
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.
He has authored eleven poetry books and received multiple translations.
Awards
* 1998
Fund for Poetry
* 2005
Fund for Poetry
*2005
New York State Fellowship in Poetry
* 2007
National Poetry Series
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*2019
Edwin Markham prize for poetry
Works
Poetry
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Arbiter. Parenthesis. 1995.
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Dialogues & Interviews
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References
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1964 births
Living people
American male poets
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers