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'''Salvador Plascencia''' is an [[American literature|American writer]], born |
'''Salvador Plascencia''' (born 21 December 1976) is an [[American literature|American writer]], born in [[Guadalajara, Jalisco|Guadalajara]], [[Mexico]]. |
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The Plascencia family eventually settled near [[Los Angeles]] in the city of [[El Monte, California|El Monte]] when he was eight years old. Plascencia holds a B.A. in English from [[Whittier College]] and an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in fiction from [[Syracuse University]]. The recipient of a [[National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts]] Award in Fiction in 1996 and the [[Peter Neagoe Prize]] for Fiction in 2000. In 2001 he was awarded a [[Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans]], its first fellow in fiction. He was awarded the Bard Fiction Prize from [[Bard College]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.bard.edu/academics/fiction_prize/2008/ Bard College Awards Its Seventh Annual Bard Fiction Prize to Salvador Plascencia]</ref> |
The Plascencia family eventually settled near [[Los Angeles]] in the city of [[El Monte, California|El Monte]] when he was eight years old. Plascencia holds a B.A. in English from [[Whittier College]] and an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] in fiction from [[Syracuse University]]. The recipient of a [[National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts]] Award in Fiction in 1996 and the [[Peter Neagoe Prize]] for Fiction in 2000. In 2001 he was awarded a [[Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans]], its first fellow in fiction. He was awarded the Bard Fiction Prize from [[Bard College]] in 2008.<ref>[http://www.bard.edu/academics/fiction_prize/2008/ Bard College Awards Its Seventh Annual Bard Fiction Prize to Salvador Plascencia]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 00:45, 1 September 2024
Salvador Plascencia (born 21 December 1976) is an American writer, born in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Plascencia family eventually settled near Los Angeles in the city of El Monte when he was eight years old. Plascencia holds a B.A. in English from Whittier College and an MFA in fiction from Syracuse University. The recipient of a National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Award in Fiction in 1996 and the Peter Neagoe Prize for Fiction in 2000. In 2001 he was awarded a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, its first fellow in fiction. He was awarded the Bard Fiction Prize from Bard College in 2008.[1]
His first published fiction appeared in McSweeney's Issue 12. McSweeney's also published his first novel, The People of Paper, in 2005.
In its January 2010 issue, Poets & Writers named Plascencia one of the "Fifty Most Inspiring Living Authors in the World."
In August 2015, Plascencia began teaching creative writing at Harvey Mudd College.[2]
External links
[edit]- Author's site[full citation needed]
- Nashville Review interview
- McSweeney's page
- Bookslut interview
- 3:AM review
- Hobart interview
- Online interview with author Archived 2012-12-14 at archive.today on Letras Latinas Oral History Project.
References
[edit]- ^ Bard College Awards Its Seventh Annual Bard Fiction Prize to Salvador Plascencia
- ^ "HSA Welcomes Prof. Plascencia". Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Syracuse University alumni
- Whittier College alumni
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- McSweeney's
- People from El Monte, California
- American male short story writers
- Hispanic and Latino American novelists
- American writers of Mexican descent
- 21st-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from California
- Harvey Mudd College faculty
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellows