Francisco X. Alarcón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francisco X. Alarcón

American poet and faculty at the University of California, Davis

Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1954

Place of Birth: Wilmington, California, United States

Date of Death: 15-Jan-2016

Profession: poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Francisco Xavier Alarcón (21 February 1954 – 15 January 2016) was a Chicano poet and educator.
He was one of the few Chicano poets to have "gained recognition while writing mostly in Spanish" within the United States.
His poems have been also translated into Irish and Swedish.
He made many guest appearances at public schools so that he could help inspire and influence young people to write their own poetry especially because he felt that children are "natural poets."