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Quick facts for kids Richard Blanco | |
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| Born | Ricardo Blanco (1968-02-15) February 15, 1968 (age 56) Madrid, Spain |
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| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Florida International University |
| Notable works | "One Today" The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood How to Love a Country For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet's Journey Until We Could Film Looking for the Gulf Motel Directions to the Beach of the Dead City of a Hundred Fires Nowhere but Here Boston Strong: The Poem |
Richard Blanco (born February 15, 1968) is an Americanpoet, public speaker, author and civil engineer. He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama'ssecond inauguration. He is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and at the time the youngest person to be the U.S. inaugural poet.
Blanco's books include How to Love a Count Maine Yet Miami.