Alejandro Murguía
Born (1949-08-15) August 15, 1949
Occupation
  • Poet
  • short story writer
  • editor
NationalityAmerican
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award (1991, 2003)

Alejandro Murguía (born August 15, 1949) is an American poet, short story writer, and editor.[1] He is known for his writings about the San Francisco's Mission District.[2]

He lives in San Francisco, where he teaches at San Francisco State University.[3] In 2012, he was named San Francisco Poet Laureate.[4]

Awards

Works

  • This War Called Love. City Lights Publishers. May 2002. ISBN 978-0-87286-394-1.
  • The medicine of memory: a Mexica clan in California. University of Texas Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-292-75267-2. Alejandro Murguía.
  • Alejandro Murguía; Barbara Paschke, eds. (1983). Volcán: poems from Central America : a bilingual anthology. Photographer Barbara Paschke. City Lights Books. ISBN 978-0-87286-153-4. Alejandro Murguía.
  • Southern Front. Bilingual Review Press. March 1990. ISBN 978-0-916950-97-2.
  • Jose Montoya, Alejandro Murguia (1972). El Sol y los de Abajo and other R.C.A.F. poems / Oracion a la Mano Poderosa. Photographer Adal. Ediciones Pocho-Che.
  • Stray Poems: San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 6. City Lights Publishers. May 2014. ISBN 978-0-87286-616-4.

Anthologies

  • Manuel de Jesús Hernández-Gutiérrez; David William Foster, eds. (1997). "A Long Walk". Literatura chicana, 1965-1995: an anthology in Spanish, English, and Caló. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8153-2077-7.
  • Chris Carlsson, ed. (2005). "Into the Fray". The Political Edge. City Lights Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-931404-05-1. Alejandro Murguía.

References

  1. ↑ "Alejandro Murguia's Biography | Red Room - Where the Writers Are". Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  2. ↑ "Alejandro Murguía sees poetry in S.F." SFGate. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Latina/Latino Studies | Latina/Latino Studies".
  4. ↑ "Alejandro Murguía Named SF Poet Laureate". SFPL News Releases. 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  5. ↑ "Alejandro Murguia". San Francisco International Poetry Festival. Archived from the original on 2012-07-27. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
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