Luis Omar Salinas
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1937 – 2008
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Who was Luis Omar Salinas?
Luis Omar Salinas was a leading Chicano poet who published a number of well-received collections of poetry, including the Crazy Gypsy, which has been described as "a classic of contemporary and Chicano poetry", I Go Dreaming Serenades, and Afternoon of The Unreal. He was awarded the Stanley Kunitz award by Columbia Magazine for one of his poems, and a General Electric Foundation Award. Salinas is regarded as "one of the founding fathers of Chicano poetry in America," with many of his poems being "canonized in U.S. Hispanic literature."
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1937
Robstown - Education
- California State University, Fresno
- Died
- 2008
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on July 23, 2013
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