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Gary Soto: 1952—: Children's Author, Novelist, Poet Biography
Gary Soto: 1952—: Children's author, novelist, poet.
Hailed as one of the top Mexican-American writers in the United States, Gary Soto is also one of the most versatile.
Winning awards and acclaim for his poetry in the years after he completed his education, Soto has also written short stories and autobiographical sketches. Almost single-handedly, he has striven to create a literature for young Mexican-American readers; as he turned to writing full time in the 1990s, he devoted his energies increasingly often to poetry, stories, and picture books for children and intermediate students.
Much of Soto's writing is drawn on his recollections of growing up poor in California's agricultural Central Valley; many of his readers have the impression that he has an almost unbroken photographic memory of his entire childhood.
Soto is an extremely prolific writer, having created well over 60 books, plus numerous contributi
