Richard Blanco

Richard Blanco (born 1968) is an American poet.

Life
Blanco was born in Spain to a Cuban family. He immigrated with his family to Miami where he was raised and educated.

He graduated from Florida International University in Civil Engineering (1991) and Master in Fine Arts in Creative Writing (1997), where he studied with Campbell McGrath.

Since 1999, he has traveled and lived in Guatemala, and Brazil. He taught at Georgetown University, American University, and Central Connecticut State University. He lives in Miami.

His work has appeared in The Nation, Ploughshares, Indiana Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly Review, New England Review, and Americas Review. Blanco is part of the online Letras Latinas Oral History Project archives.

Awards

 * 1988 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
 * John Ciardi Fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference
 * Florida Artist Fellowship
 * Residency Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
 * 2006 PEN Open Book Award (formerly known as Beyond Margins Award) for Directions to the Beach of the Dead

Publications

 * "Somewhere to Paris", Poetry Foundation
 * "Somewhere to Paris", Poetry Foundation