Daniel Orozco
Encyclopedia
Daniel Orozco is a 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
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Perhaps Orozco's best-known short story is "Orientation", 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. Orientation: And Other Stories, a collection of Orozco's work, was published by Faber & Faber in May 2011.
Pushcart Prize
The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured....
Anthology and magazines such as Harper's and Zoetrope. He is a former Stegner Fellow
Stegner Fellowship
The Stegner Fellowship program is a two-year creative writing fellowship at Stanford University. The award is named after American Wallace Stegner , an historian, novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and Stanford faculty member who founded the university's creative writing program. Ten...
and Jones Lecturer of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Idaho
University of Idaho
The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
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Perhaps Orozco's best-known short story is "Orientation", which originally appeared in The Seattle Review
The Seattle Review
The Seattle Review is a leading literary journal founded in 1977 by Donna Gerstenberger and Nelson Bentley. It is based at the University of Washington...
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.
External links
- Orozco bio from the Lannan Foundation
- A review of Orientation