Age, Biography and Wiki
Alberto Ríos was born on 18 September, 1952 in Nogales, Arizona, is an American poet (born 1952). Discover Alberto Ríos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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Professor, poet |
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71 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
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18 September 1952 |
| Birthday |
18 September |
| Birthplace |
Nogales, Arizona |
| Nationality |
United States
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Alberto Ríos Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Alberto Ríos Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Alberto Ríos worth at the age of 71 years old? Alberto Ríos’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from United States. We have estimated Alberto Ríos's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Alberto Álvaro Ríos (born September 18, 1952) is a US academic and writer who is the author of ten books and chapbooks of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir.
He is a Regents' Professor at Arizona State University, where he has taught since 1982 and where he holds the further distinction of the Katharine C. Turner Endowed Chair in English.
Other books of poems include The Dangerous Shirt, along with The Theater of Night, winner of the 2007 PEN/Beyond Margins Award, The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, finalist for the National Book Award, Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses, The Lime Orchard Woman, The Warrington Poems, Five Indiscretions, and Whispering to Fool the Wind, which won the Walt Whitman Award.
His three collections of short stories are The Curtain of Trees, Pig Cookies and The Iguana Killer, which won the first Western States Book Award for Fiction, judged by Robert Penn Warren.
His memoir about growing up on the Mexico-Arizona border, called Capirotada, won the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award and was designated the OneBookArizona choice for 2009.
Ríos is the recipient of the Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award, the Arizona Governor's Arts Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Walt Whitman Award, the Western States Book Award for Fiction, six Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and fiction, and inclusion in The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry.
He hosted the litereray interview show Books & Co. from 2009 to 2018.
He currently hosts the arts interview show Art in the 48.
His books of poems include:
Rios was named Arizona's first state poet laureate in August 2013, a position he continues to hold.
Alberto Ríos graduated from University of Arizona with an MFA.
In 2014, he was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.
Ríos is also a host for ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication's KAET.
His book A Small Story About the Sky was published in 2015 by Copper Canyon Press.
