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Luis Palés Matos: Quick Facts

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Born March 20, 1898 ‱ Guayama ‱ Puerto Rico
Died February 23, 1959 (aged 60) ‱ San Juan ‱ Puerto Rico
Notable Works “Poesía, 1915-56”
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Bernardo de Balbuena
Puerto Rican bishop and poet
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Rosario Ferré
Puerto Rican writer
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
The brilliant Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Mexican poet and scholar
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Ernesto Cardenal
Ernesto Cardenal
Nicaraguan poet and priest
Rubén Darío
Rubén Darío
Nicaraguan writer
Octavio Paz.
Octavio Paz
Mexican writer and diplomat
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
CĂ©sar Vallejo
Peruvian poet
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Gómez Bolaños, Roberto
Chespirito
Mexican actor and writer
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
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Cristina Peri Rossi
Uruguayan writer
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Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Heberto Padilla
Cuban poet

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