Victor Hernández Cruz
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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.
| Victor Hernández Cruz | |
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| Born | February 6, 1949 Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico |
| Period | 1960s - present |
| Literary movement | Nuyorican |
| Notable award(s) | International Griffin Poetry Prize; Guggenheim Foundation and NEA fellowships |
Victor Hernández Cruz (born: February 6, 1949 in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican poet.[1]
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[edit] Life
He moved to New York in 1954. He began writing at fifteen, and published his first collections of poetry in the late 1960s.
Hernández Cruz is distinguished member of the famed Nuyorican school of poets (also referred to as the Nuyorican Movement). Hernández Cruz tweaks syntactic conventions of English and Spanish to communicate his own voice.
He was Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.[2][3]
[edit] Awards
- International Griffin Poetry Prize
- Guggenheim Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts fellowships
[edit] Works
- Papo Got His Gun. 1966 (chapbook).
- Snaps, Random House. 1969.
- Mainland: Poems. Random House. 1973. ISBN 9780394460918.
- Panoramas. Coffee House Press. 2001. ISBN 9781566890663. http://books.google.com/books?id=JX_F1OTR5vwC&pg=PP1&dq=Victor+Hern%C3%A1ndez+Cruz#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Maraca: New and Selected Poems, 1966-2000. Coffee House Press. 2001. ISBN 9781566891226. http://books.google.com/books?id=fgqpkRwQRYQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Victor+Hern%C3%A1ndez+Cruz#v=onepage&q=&f=false. (shortlisted for the 2002 International Griffin Poetry Prize)
- The Mountain in the Sea: Poems. Coffee House Press. 2006. ISBN 9781566891912.
[edit] Reviews
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.[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Aparicio, Frances R. "Victor Hernández Cruz." Heath Anthology of American Literature, Fifth Edition. Paul Lauter, General Editor. Cengage Online Study Center. Accessed January 10, 2010.
- ^ a b Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More - Victor Hernández Cruz
- ^ Reuben, Paul P. "Chapter 10: Victor Hernandez Cruz." PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide. June 10, 2009. Accessed January 10, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Author's website
- Griffin Poetry Prize biography
- Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip
- Works by or about Victor Hernández Cruz in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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