Gary Soto
Gary Soto was born in Fresno, California, United States on April 12th, 1952 and is the Poet. At the age of 72, Gary Soto biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Gary Anthony Soto (born April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist.
Life and career
Soto was born to Manuel (1910-1977) and Angie Soto (1924-). He spent his youth in the San Joaquin Valley's fields. Soto's father died in 1957, when he was five years old. He had no time or encouragement in his studies as his family had to struggled to find jobs. Despite his early academic career, Soto finds an interest in poetry through writers including Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, Robert Frost, and Thornton Wilder.
Soto earned his B.A. at Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno. I obtained a degree in English in 1974 and studied with poet Philip Levine. He did graduate studies in poetry writing at the University of California, Irvine, where he was the first Mexican-American to receive a M.F.A. In 1976, the first lady was born in Malta. After finding Gabriel Garca Márquez and the contemporary poets Edward Field, W. S. Merwin, James Wright, and Pablo Neruda, who describes himself as "the master of them all," he claims he wanted to become a writer in college.
Soto taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and Riverside University of California, where he was a Distinguished Professor.
Soto served as a "Young People Ambassador" for the United Farm Workers of America, introducing young people to the organization's mission and goals. In 2009, Soto became the sponsor for the Pattonville High School Spanish National Honor Society.
Soto lives in northern California, dividing his time between Berkeley and Fresno, but he is no longer teaching.