Luis Palés Matos
Luis Pales Matos (* 20th March 1898 in Guayama , Puerto Rico ; † 23. February 1959 in San Juan , Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican poet , considered an important representative of the Central American - African American poetry, poesía negra , applies .
Life
Palés Matos made his literary debut as a poet as a teenager in 1915 with the collection of poems Azaleas . In 1937 he published his most famous poem, Tuntún de pasa y griferia . Most recently, Poesía, 1915–56, was published in 1957, a collection of his most important lyric works.
Shortly before his death, he became a lecturer at the University of Puerto Rico . However, he was only able to practice this teaching activity for a few weeks before he died of heart failure .
Background literature
- Jean-Claude Bajeux: Antilia retrouvée. Claude McKay , Luis Palés Matos, Aimé Césaire , poètes noirs antillais , Éditions Caribéennes Paris 1983, ISBN 2-903033-45-5
- Chiara Bollentini: El aldeanismo en Luis Palés Matos y Luis Alfredo Arango . In: Revista de estudios hispánicos, vol. 23 (1996), pp. 303-313.
Web links
- Literature by and about Luis Palés Matos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Luis Palés Matos in the nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- Meyers Großes Personenlexikon , Mannheim 1968, p. 991
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palés Matos, Luis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Puerto Rican poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Guayama , Puerto Rico |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1959 |
| Place of death | San Juan , Puerto Rico |