Javier Zamora
Javier Zamora is a Salvadoran-born poet and author who immigrated to the United States at age nine.
His parents had fled El Salvador earlier due to the U.S.-funded civil war.
Zamora's journey through Guatemala, Mexico, and the Sonoran Desert forms the basis of his memoir, Solito.
His debut poetry collection, Unaccompanied, explores the impact of war and immigration on his family.
Zamora has received notable fellowships, including the Stegner Fellowship at Stanford and the Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard.
He has also been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation.
