Eduardo C. Corral
Eduardo C. Corral | |
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Eduardo Corral at 2013 Fall for the Book | |
| Born | February 25, 1973 (49) Casa Grande, Arizona |
| Occupation | Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University; Iowa Writer's Workshop |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Yale Younger Series Poets; Whiting Award |
Eduardo C. Corral is an American poet and Associate Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. His first collection, Slow Lightning, published by Yale University Press, was the winner of the 2011 Yale Younger Series Poets award, making him the first Latino recipient of this prize. His 2020 work, guillotine, was awarded the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for gay poetry and was longlisted for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry.