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Daniel Chacón (writer) was born on 1962 in Fresno, California, U.S., is a Chicano American author and educator. Discover Daniel Chacón (writer)'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 62 years old?
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1962 |
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Fresno, California, U.S. |
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United States
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Daniel Chacón (writer) Height, Weight & Measurements
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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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Daniel Chacón (writer) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Daniel Chacón (writer) worth at the age of 62 years old? Daniel Chacón (writer)’s income source is mostly from being a successful author. He is from United States. We have estimated Daniel Chacón (writer)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Daniel Chacón (born 1962) is a Chicano short story writer, novelist, essayist, editor, professor, and radio host based in El Paso, Texas.
He chairs the University of Texas, El Paso's creative writing graduate program, the country's only bilingual MFA program.
He founded the Chicano Writers and Artists Association with Fresno State classmate and close friend Andrés Montoya in 1985.
Chacón was born and raised in Fresno, California; his father was from El Paso, Texas.
One of his brothers is writer Kenneth Robert Chacón, from whom he was estranged for many years.
He earned a BA in Political Science from California State University, Fresno and an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Oregon.
While at CSU, he wrote for the campus newspaper La Voz de Aztan.
He began speaking Spanish in 1996.
Chacón joined the MFA program at University of Texas El Paso as an assistant professor in Creative Writing in 2000 and has been the department chair since 2017.
His writing has also appeared in several anthologies: Caliente: The Best Erotic Writing in Latin American Fiction (2002), Lengua Fresca: Latinos Writing on the Edge (2006), and Best of the West 2009: New Stories from the West Side of the Missouri (2009), among others.
Journals that have published his work include ZYZZYVA, Americas Review, Bilingual Review, Colorado Review, New England Review, and Callaloo.
He also dabbles in playwrighting, standup, and poetry.
Chacón is married and has a step-daughter.
Since 2011, he has co-hosted the KTEP show Words on a Wire; his original co-host was Benjamin Alire Sáenz and is now Tim Z. Hernandez.
He has also edited several books, including A Jury of Trees (a posthumous collection of poetry by Andrés Montoya) (2017), The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes: The Selected Work of José Antonio Burciaga (2008; with Mimi Reisel Gladstein) and Colón-ization: The Posthumous Poems of Andrés Montoya (2017).
He serves at the assistant director of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation and was appointed chair for the International Association of Burn Camps' Board of Directors in 2018, and is part of the Southwest Festival of the Written Word's advisory board.
Chacón has received a grant from the Christopher Isherwood Foundation and was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2019.
His first child was born in 2020.
