Miguel Algarín
Puerto Rican poet, writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café, and retired professor of English (1941-2020)
Miguel Algarín Jr. (11 September 1941 – 1 December 2020) was a Puerto Rican poet, historian and writer.[1] He was known as the co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a Rutgers University professor of English. Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He lived most of his life in New York City. He was a Nuyorican poet.
Miguel Algarín Jr. | |
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 Miguel Algarín Jr. | |
| Born | 11 September 1941 Santurce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | 1 December 2020 (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, scholar, editor, playwright, translator[1] |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Literary movement | Nuyorican |
| Notable works | "On Call", "Time's Now"/"Ya Es Tiempo"[1] |
| Notable awards | American Book Award (1980, 1985, 1994), Larry Leon Hamlin Producer's Award, American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement,[1] Obie Award |
| Relatives | Miguel Algarín (father), María Algarín (mother) |
Algarín's books include Mongo Affair, On Call (1980), Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century (1982), Time's Now/Ya es tiempo (1985), Love Is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida/Poems (1997, Lower East Side Memories/Poems).
Algarín died on 1 December 2020 in New York City of sepsis, aged 79.[2]
Works
change- Mongo affair: poems. Nuyorican Poet's Café. 1978. ISBN 978-0-934770-04-0
- On call. Arte Público Press, Revista chicano-riqueña, University of Houston. 1980. ISBN 978-0-934770-03-3.
- Body bee calling from the 21st century. Arte Publico Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-934770-17-0.
- Time's Now/Ya Es Tiempo. Arte Publico Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-934770-33-0.
- Love is hard work: memorias de Loisaida. Scribner. 1997. ISBN 978-0-684-82517-5.
- Action. Touchstone. 1997. ISBN 978-0-684-82611-0
- Survival Supervivencia. Arte Publico Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1-611-92299-8
Editor
change- Miguel Algarín; Miguel Piñero, eds. (1975). Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings. Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-02967-8.
- Miguel Algarín; Bob Holman, eds. (1994). Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-3257-4.
- Miguel Algarín; Lois Griffith, eds. (1997). Action: The Nuyorican Poets Café Theater Festival. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-82611-0.
Miguel Algarín.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Urioste, Donaldo W.; Lomelí, Francisco A.; Villaseñor, María Joaquina (2017). Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 34–35. ISBN 9781442275485.
- ↑ Nuyorican Poets Cafe Co-Founder Miguel Algarín Dies at 79
Other websites
change- Miguel Algarin Web Site Archived 2020-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Nuyorican Poets Café
- View Current TV's program on Nuyorican Power
- View list of past American Book Award winners
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