About Victor Hernández Cruz
Born 1949. Victor Hernández Cruz is an American poet.
Victor Hernández Cruz (born February 6, 1949) is a Puerto Rican poet. In 1981, Life named him one of America's greatest poets.
Biography
Early years Hernández Cruz was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico. In 1954, his family moved to New York City and lived in Spanish Harlem. There he received his primary and secondary education. He began to write poetry while attending Benjamin Franklin High School.
Awards Griffin Poetry Prize Guggenheim Foundation National Endowment for the Arts fellowships
Works Papo Got His Gun, 1966 (chapbook). Snaps, Random House, 1969. 135 pp.
Reviews Allen Ginsberg wrote about Snaps: Poesy news from space anxiety police age inner city, spontaneous urban American language as Williams wished, high school street consciousness transparent, original soul looking out intelligent Bronx windows.
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Who is Victor Hernández Cruz?
Puerto Rican writer
When was Victor Hernández Cruz born?
Victor Hernández Cruz was born on 6 February 1949 in Aguas Buenas.
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Victor Hernández Cruz is a poet.
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Victor Hernández Cruz is American.
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