Richard Blanco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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poet
Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1968
Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Profession: writer, poet, docent, author
Nationality: Spain, United States, Cuba
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Richard Blanco
- Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer.
- He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration.
- He is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and the youngest person to be the U.S.
- inaugural poet.
- This poet continues his journey and wrote other books such as How to Love a Country; City of a Hundred Fires, which received the Agnes Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press; Directions to The Beach of the Dead, recipient of the Beyond Margins Award from the PEN American Center; and Looking for The Gulf Motel, recipient of the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Thom Gunn Award.
- He has also authored the memoirs For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet's Journey and The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood, winner of the Lambda Literary Prize.
- He has been a professor, having taught at Georgetown University, American University, Central Connecticut State University, Wesleyan University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Colby College, Carlow University, and currently at Florida International University.
- His passion is to demystify poetry teaching to all ages including grade school to nursing homes, at diverse writers workshops (e.g.
- Omega Institute, Maine Media Workshops), correctional institutions (prison), and non-profits including the Writer's Center.
- He serves as the first Education Ambassador for The Academy of American Poets.
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