Oliver de la Paz

{{short description|American poet and educator}}

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| education = Loyola Marymount University (BA, BS)

Arizona State University (MFA)

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Oliver de la Paz is an American poet and educator. He is the author of five collections of poetry, including Requiem for the Orchard (University of Akron Press, 2010), winner of the Akron Prize for Poetry.[http://www3.uakron.edu/uapress/delapaz.html Author Page > University of Akron Press > Requiem for the Orchard] His honors include a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=315&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15|title=New York Foundation for the Arts > 2005 NYFA Fellows & Panelists|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019|archive-date=March 24, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324015858/http://www.nyfa.org/level4.asp?id=315&fid=1&sid=1&tid=15|url-status=live}} and a 2009 GAP Grant from Artist Trust.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artisttrust.org/grants/recipient_profiles/GAP/09|title=Artist Trust > 2009 GAP Grant Recipient Profiles|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019}} His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including Virginia Quarterly Review, {{Cite web |url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2008/winter/paz-nocturne-dictator/ |title=Virginia Quarterly Review > Winter 2008 > Nocturne with a Dictator by Oliver de la Paz |access-date=2010-02-23 |archive-date=2010-12-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227231832/http://www.vqronline.org/articles/2008/winter/paz-nocturne-dictator/ |url-status=live }} North American Review, Tin House, Chattahoochee Review, and in anthologies such as Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation (University of Illinois Press, 2004).

De la Paz was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in Ontario, Oregon. He earned a B.S. in biology and a B.A. in English from Loyola Marymount University, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Arizona State University.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/oliver_de_la_paz/index.shtml|title=Oliver de la Paz Bio|website=From the Fishouse|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019|archive-date=February 17, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100217093938/http://www.fishousepoems.org/archives/oliver_de_la_paz/index.shtml|url-status=dead}} He teaches at College of the Holy Cross,{{Cite web|url=https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/english/faculty/oliver-de-la-paz|title=Oliver de la Paz | College of the Holy Cross|website=www.holycross.edu|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019}} and co-chairs the advisory board of Kundiman,{{Cite web|url=http://kundiman.squarespace.com/who-we-are/|title=Kundiman Website > Who We Are|accessdate=Aug 29, 2019|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220941/http://kundiman.squarespace.com/who-we-are/|url-status=live}} a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of Asian American Poetry.