What is Francisco X. Alarcón?
[[File:Francisco-X-Alarcon.jpg|thumb|Francisco X. Alarcón]] '''Francisco Xavier Alarcón''' (February 21, 1954 &ndash; January 15, 2016) was an [[Americans|American]] poet and educator. He was awarded the [[American Book Awards|American Book Award]] for ''Snake Poems'' in 1993. He taught at [[University of California, Davis]]. He published over twenty works of poetry between 1985 and 2010. He wrote poetry in [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]] and [[Nahuatl]]. His works were often translated into other languages including [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] and [[Swedish language|Swedish]]. == Biography == Alarcón was born in [[Wilmington, Los Angeles|Wilmington]], [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. He grew up in [[Guadalajara]], [[Jalisco]], [[Mexico]]. He studied at [[Stanford University]] and [[California State University, Long Beach]]. He was openly [[gay]]. Alarcón died from [[cancer]] on January 15, 2016 in [[Davis, California]], aged 61.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eltecolote.org/content/en/features/viva-la-vida-a-tribute-to-francisco-x-alarcon/|title=Adiós, Francisco X. Alarcón: 1954-2016|work=El Tecolote|date=January 15, 2016|access-date=January 18, 2016}}</ref> == Related pages == *[[List of poets from North America]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alarcon, Francisco X.}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Educators from Los Angeles]] [[Category:American poets]] [[Category:Gay men]] [[Category:LGBT people from Los Angeles]] [[Category:LGBT poets]] [[Category:Stanford University alumni]] [[Category:People from Guadalajara]] {{US-bio-stub}}