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
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Anthology'' and magazines such as ''Harper's'' and ''Zoetrope''. He is a former
Stegner Fellow
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and
Jones Lecturer The Jones Lectureship at Stanford University is a two-year teaching fellowship available to previous Stegner Fellows. The Lectureship is available in fiction and poetry and is intended to provide writers with the time and support needed to complete ...
of
Stanford University
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and currently teaches creative writing at the
University of Idaho. He won a 2011
Whiting Award
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Mrs. (American English) or Mrs (British English; standard E ...
.
Orozco's best-known short story is "Orientation", which originally appeared in ''
The Seattle Review
''The Seattle Review'' is a leading literary journal founded in 1977 by Donna Gerstenberger and Nelson Bentley.Poetic License, The Seattle Times, March 10, 1991 It is based at the University of Washington. Work that has previously appeared in t ...
'' and has subsequently been included in ''The Best American Short Stories 1995'', and presented in audio form on
National Public Radio.
''Orientation: And Other Stories'', a collection of Orozco's work, was published by Faber & Faber in May 2011.
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
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
, afterward working as an office assistant.
In 1992, he attended the
University of Washington in
Seattle for an
MFA program,
which he completed in 1994.
Career
Works
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Books
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References
External links
Profile at The Whiting FoundationA review of ''Orientation''
American short story writers
American people of Nicaraguan descent
Stanford University alumni
University of Idaho faculty
Living people
Stegner Fellows
1957 births
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