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William Archila [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
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Public address: 
Los Angeles, CA
California US
Bio: 

William Archila was born in Santa Ana, El Salvador in 1968. At the age of twelve, he fled a civil war that tore his country apart and immigrated to the United States in 1980. He eventually became an English teacher and earned his MFA in poetry from the University of Oregon. His poems have appeared in Agni, Blue Mesa Review, Crab Orchard Review, The Georgia Review, The Los Angeles Review, Notre Dame Review, Poetry International and Puerto del Sol among others. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife. His first book The Art of Exile won the Emerging Writer Fellowship Award from the Writer's Center.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
Born in: 
Santa Ana, El Salvador
Raised in: 
Los Angeles, CA
Website: 
http://www.asu.edu/brp/newandforthcoming… [2]
Prizes won: 

Emerging Writer Fellowship Award

Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Adults

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/william_archila [2] http://www.asu.edu/brp/newandforthcoming/WArchilaArtExile