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Person Detail: Miguel Algarin

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Full Name: Miguel Algarin
Biography:
(1941-2020) Poet. Miguel Algarín was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and died in Manhattan, New York. Nuyorican Poets Café was founded in 1973 as a living room salon in the East Village apartment of Mr. Algarín.
Author's Timeline:
1941 (Unknown) County
Miguel Algarín was born in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 11, 1941. 
1950 New York County
Mr. Algarín moved to New York with his family in about 1950. 
1997 (Unknown) County
Love Is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida
(Pub: Scribner ISBN: 0684839997 / 978-0684839998 )
Poetry. 
2020 New York County
Miguel Algarín died in a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on November 30, 2020. 
1978 (Unknown) County
Mongo Affair
(Pub: Nuyorican Press ISBN: )
Poetry. 
1980 (Unknown) County
On Call
(Pub: Art Press ISBN: 0934770034 / 978-0934770033 )
Poetry. 
1982 (Unknown) County
Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century
(Pub: Arte Publico Press ISBN: 0934770174 / 978-0934770170 )
Poetry. 
1986 (Unknown) County
Time's Now / Ya es tiempo
(Pub: Arte Publico Press ISBN: 0934770336 / 978-0934770330 )
Poetry. 
? Kings County
Mr. Algarín taught English at Brooklyn College. 
? New York County
Mr. Algarín taught English at New York University. 
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