Daniel Orozco

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Daniel Orozco is an American writer of fiction known primarily for his short stories. His works have appeared in anthologies such as The Best American Short Stories and The Pushcart Prize Anthology and magazines such as Harper's and Zoetrope. He is a former Stegner Fellow and Jones Lecturer of Stanford University and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho.[1][2][3] He won a 2011 Whiting Award.[4]

Orozco's best-known short story is "Orientation",[5] which originally appeared in The Seattle Review and has subsequently been included in The Best American Short Stories 1995, and presented in audio form on National Public Radio.[6] Orientation: And Other Stories, a collection of Orozco's work, was published by Faber & Faber in May 2011.[7]

Early life and education

Orozco was born in 1957 in Daly City, California, the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. He was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area up until his 30s, during which time he attended Stanford University, afterward working as an office assistant.[4][6] In 1992, he attended the University of Washington in Seattle for an MFA program,[4] which he completed in 1994.[6]

Career

Works

• "I Run Every Day". Zoetrope: All-Story. 5 (3). AZX Publications. Fall 2001. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

Books

• Orientation: And Other Stories. Faber & Faber. 2011. ISBN 978-0-86547-871-8. orientation and other stories.

References

1. "Daniel Orozco". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
2. "Daniel Orozco (Moscow, ID)". NEA. 2007-12-01. Archived from the original on 2020-02-05. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
3. Shilling, Michael. "Find Your Metaphor: An Interview with Daniel Orozco". Fiction Writers Review. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
4. "Interview with Daniel Orozco, Fall 2014 Fiction Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | The University of Iowa". writersworkshop.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
5. "Oceans of the Preposterous and Horrifying: A Review of Daniel Orozco's Orientation and Other Stories | the American Shot". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
6. Sept. 13, Brian Kevin; Now, 2010 From the print edition Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate (2010-09-13). "Daniel Orozco is out of the office". www.hcn.org. Retrieved 2020-02-05. {{cite web}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
7. "Interview: Daniel Orozco". The Masters Review. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2020-02-05.

External links

• Profile at The Whiting Foundation
• A review of Orientation