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Andrés Castro Ríos | |
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| Born | October 4, 1942 |
| Died | September 16, 2006 (aged 63) Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Education | University of Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | Poet |
Andrés Castro Ríos (October 4, 1942, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico – September 16, 2006, Santurce, Puerto Rico) was a poet and graduate from the Humanities Faculty of the University of Puerto Rico. [1] Castro Ríos is known as one of the founders of the "Guajana" magazine [1] and as one of the composer of the lyrics for "¡Coño, Despierta Boricua!" (along with Miguel Ángel Hidalgo Vega—better known by his pen name "Guarionex Hidalgo Africano"—and Francisco Matos Paoli), a famous patriotic Puerto Rican song related to the Grito de Lares. Castro Ríos died from a heart attack in 2006.
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References
- ^ a b Márquez, Robert (2007). Puerto Rican Poetry: A Selection from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times. Univ of Massachusetts Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 1558495622.
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