# Richard Blanco

> Richard Blanco is an American poet, public speaker, author, playwright, and civil engineer. He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration. He is the first immigrant, the first Latino, the first openly gay person and at the time the youngest person to be the U.S. inaugural poet. In 2022, Blanco was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Biden from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

*Spanish-born American poet (born 1968)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1968-02-15
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.3 / 100
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- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://richard-blanco.com/

## Sources
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richard_Blanco)
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- [Richard Blanco (poeta)](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blanco_(poeta))
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- [Richard Blanco](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Blanco)
- [Річард Бланко](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2836850)

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