Home Writers Gary Soto Gary Soto Writer Gary Anthony Soto (born April 12, 1952) is an American author and poet. Personal facts Birth dateApril 12, 1952 Birth nameGary Anthony Soto Birth placeFresno California NationalityUnited States facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer Career start1977 awardNational Endowment for the ArtsJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial FoundationAcademy of American PoetsAmerican Book Awards genrePoetry (magazine) influenced byEdward FieldGabriel García MárquezJames WrightW. S. MerwinCharles SimicPablo NerudaPhilip Levine (poet) Topical connections Ana CastilloWriter Alex Sánchez Writer Weird Al YankovicMusical artist Chris BunchWriter Éva TardosScientist Billy EvangelistaMartial artist Alexandra BrackenWriter Alan Lawrence SitomerWriter Afdhere JamaWriter A. B. SpellmanWriter A.S. KingWriter Anthony W. NormanScientist Gary Soto on Wikipedia Gary Soto External resources http://www.garysoto.com http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gary-soto http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/230
