Victor Hernández Cruz

Author

1949 –

78

Who is Victor Hernández Cruz?

Victor Hernández Cruz is a Puerto Rican poet who in 1969 became the first Hispanic to be published by a mainstream publishing house when Random House published his poetry book Snaps. In 1981, Life magazine named him one of America's greatest poets.

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Born
Feb 6, 1949
Aguas Buenas
Nationality
  • Puerto Rico
  • United States of America
Education
  • Benjamin Franklin High School
Lived in
  • Morocco
  • Puerto Rico

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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