Alberto Álvaro Ríos(born September 18, 1952) is a US academic and writer who is the author of ten books andchapbooksof poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir.
Alberto Ríos | |
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| Born | September 18, 1952 Nogales, Arizona |
| Occupation | Professor, poet |
| Genre | Poetry |
Rios was named Arizona's first state poet laureate in August 2013, a position he continues to hold.[1][2][3]
Life
editAlberto Ríos graduated fromUniversity of Arizonawith an MFA. He is a Regents' Professor atArizona State University,where he has taught since 1982 and where he holds the further distinction of the Katharine C. Turner Endowed Chair in English.[4]
His bookA Small Story About the Sky[5]was published in 2015 byCopper Canyon Press.Other books of poems includeThe Dangerous Shirt,[6]along withThe Theater of Night,[7]winner of the 2007PEN/Beyond Margins Award,The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body,[8]finalist for theNational Book Award,Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses,The Lime Orchard Woman,The Warrington Poems,Five Indiscretions,andWhispering to Fool the Wind,which won theWalt Whitman Award.
His three collections of short stories areThe Curtain of Trees,Pig CookiesandThe Iguana Killer,which won the first Western States Book Award for Fiction, judged by Robert Penn Warren.[citation needed]
His memoir about growing up on the Mexico-Arizona border, calledCapirotada,won the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award and was designated the OneBookArizona choice for 2009.
Ríos is the recipient of the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award, the Arizona Governor's Arts Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Walt Whitman Award, the Western States Book Award for Fiction, six Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and fiction, and inclusion inThe Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.[citation needed]
In 2014, he was elected a Chancellor of theAcademy of American Poets.[4]
Ríos is also a host for ASU'sWalter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication'sKAET.He hosted the litereray interview showBooks & Co.from 2009 to 2018.[9]He currently hosts the arts interview showArt in the 48.
Bibliography
editPoetry
editHis books of poems include:
- A Small Story About the Sky,Copper Canyon Press, 2015,ISBN9781556594793
- Alberto Ríos (2009).The Dangerous Shirt.Copper Canyon Press.ISBN978-1-55659-298-0.
- The Theater of Night,Copper Canyon Press, 2006,ISBN9781556592591
- The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body.Copper Canyon Press. 5 April 2014. pp. 106–.ISBN978-1-61932-123-6.nominated for theNational Book Award,
- Teodoro Luna's Two KissesW. W. Norton, Incorporated, 1992,ISBN9780393308099
- The Lime Orchard WomanSheep Meadow Press, 1988,ISBN9780935296778
- The Warrington Poems,Pyracantha Press, Arizona State University, School of Art, 1989
- Five IndiscretionsThe Sheep Meadow Press, 1985,ISBN9780935296570
- Whispering to Fool the Wind,Sheep Meadow Press, 1982,ISBN9780935296303
- Sleeping on Fists(Dooryard Press, 1981)
- Elk Heads on the Wall(Mango Publications, 1979)
- Spring in the Only Place Spring Was
Short story collections
edit- The Curtain of Trees
- Pig Cookies
- The Iguana Killer: Twelve Stories of the Heart.UNM Press. 1984.ISBN978-0-8263-1922-7.
- The Secret Lion
Non-fiction
edit- Capirotada,University of New México Press, 1999,ISBN9780826320940,a memoir about growing up on the Mexican border
Honors
editThis section of abiography of a living persondoes notincludeanyreferences or sources.(November 2019) |
- Guggenheim Foundationfellowship
- National Endowment for the Artsfellowship
- Walt Whitman Award
- Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Award in Literary Arts or Publications,American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education(AAHHE), 2004[10]
- Western States Book Awardfor fiction
- Pushcart Prize- awarded 6 times for both poetry and fiction
- 2005 Historymaker selection by theArizona History Society's Museum, aSmithsonianaffiliate, atPapago Park,Tempe, Arizona
- 2007 recipient of thePEN/Beyond Margins AwardforThe Theater of Night
Notes
edit- ^"Alberto Álvaro Ríos".public.asu.edu.
- ^"Celebrated Poet Alberto Álvaro Ríos Named as Arizona's Inaugural Poet Laureate".AZ Arts.19 August 2013.Retrieved3 August2022.
- ^"Arizona".Library of Congress.Retrieved3 August2022.
- ^abPoets, Academy of American."About Alberto Ríos | Academy of American Poets".poets.org.
- ^"A Small Story about the Sky by Alberto Ríos".
- ^"The Dangerous Shirt by Alberto Ríos".
- ^"The Theater of Night by Alberto Ríos".
- ^"The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body by Alberto Ríos".Copper Canyon Press.
- ^"Page Title".Retrieved2021-10-06.
- ^"William Aguilar Cultural Arts Award".aahhe.org.2019.RetrievedDecember 24,2019.
References
edit- Wild, Peter(1998).Alberto Ríos.Boise, Idaho:Boise State University "Western Writers Series"#131. pp. 51.ISBN978-0884301301OCLC40252765,246369356
External links
edit- Alberto Álvaro Ríosfaculty/personal website – Arizona State University