Person Detail: Miguel Algarin

General Information:
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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