Oscar Casares
# Oscar Casares

Oscar Cásares (born May 7, 1964) is an American writer and associate professor of creative writing. He is the author of Brownsville: Stories, Amigoland, and Where We Come From. Cásares teaches at the University of Texas at Austin where he is director of the Creative Writing Program.

## Honors

* Guggenheim Fellowship (2020)
* National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2006)
* James A. Michener Award, Copernicus Society of America, Iowa Writers' Workshop (2002)
* Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Letters, University of Texas (2002)
