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he was born on april 12,1952
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garys dad died in a raisen company/factory when gary was 5 and he was devistated for a long time
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gary started to write poems when he was about 20 years old because he read a book that was full of poems and he liked it so he started writing
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gary was awrded the Award of the International Poetry Forum for writing a poem called Elements of San Joaquin
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He publishes his first book in the summer of 1990. The title of the book is: Baseball in April .
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his memoir Living Up the Street received the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award
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he won this medal for the pruduction of the pool party
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he won this award becoase he is latino and he writes poems
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he Gary Soto Literary Museum opened at Fresno City College in February 2011. It is located in the Old Administration Building