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Reyes, Edwin, 1944-2001


  • [Edwin Reyes was born between July 2 and 3, 1944 in the Pozas borough of Ciales and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 9, 2001. He was a poet, columnist, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, political activist and ad man.He studied at the University of Puerto Rico but considered himself to be self taught. He was a member of the 60s poetry group Guajana since its beginnings at the UPR. He was also an active member of the Pro Independence Movement (MPI), later called the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP). He published columns in El Reportero, Puerto Rico Ilustrado and the cultural supplement of El Mundo. As cultural affairs director of the PSP, he co-founded En Rojo, the cultural section of the party's weekly, Claridad, with Uruguayan intellectual Angel Rama. As a founding member of the Committee for the Defense of the Puerto Rican Culture, he authored the lyrics and music to "El gobierno Araña", a song used during the electoral campaigns in 1980 and 1984 that repudiated the acts of murder and corruption committed during Carlos Romero Barceló's terms as governor for the New Progressive Party (PNP -- pro statehood). Reyes published four books: Crónica del vértigo (1977); Son cimarrón para Adolfina Villanueva (1985); Balada del hombre huérfano (1990) and El arpa imaginaria (1998). He worked in cultural affairs for the Municipality of Caguas and San Juan in Puerto Rico; he wrote and produced the record "Aguinaldo Mayor" for the latter. During the last decade of his life, he immersed himself into cinema, and made five documentaries: "Palés: reseña de una vida útil"; "Tufiño: una vida para el arte y un arte para la vida"; "Rafael Hernández: jibarito del mundo"; "Adombe: la presencia africana en Puerto Rico" (Gold Medal, Festival Unico, UNESCO, Córdoba, Argentina) and "Teatro Tapia: prodigio de un espacio venerable". In 1999 he wrote, produced and directed a TV movie titled "Punto final: de como Tito Mangual aprendió a bregar", with students from the School to Work program of the Municipality of Caguas. He also appeared in small roles in Jacobo Morales' feature film "Linda Sara" and Ivonne Belén's documentary, "Una pasión llamada Clara Lair". Reyes died on January 9, 2001, a little over three months after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He left some unfinished projects, including a novel, "El arpa en la creciente" and a book of poetry, "El arca de papel", besides some unpublished stories and songs. Some stories and poems have been published posthumously in "Flor de lumbre" (2004) an anthology of Guajana's poetry and "Relatos en espigas" (2007), a compilation of Guajana's poets' short stories. He is survived by his daughters Huaralí, Paloma Reyes Avilés, Mónica Monserrate Llenza, Marina Reyes Franco and son Elio Reyes Avilés.] https://edwinreyes.wordpress.com/biografia/eng/

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    • Reyes Berríos, Edwin, 1944-2001
    • Berríos, Edwin Reyes, 1944-2001

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            • found: nuc86-87436: His Crónica del vertigo, 1977(hdg. on MU rept.: Reyes, Edwin; usage: Edwin Reyes)
            • found: Edwin Reyes, 2011:ending title (Edwin Reyes ..., 1944-2001)
            • found: Wikipedia. Viewed March 23, 2023:(Edwin Reyes Berríos (3 de julio de 1944 ; 9 de enero de 2001) fue uno de los poetas más importantes de la generación del 60 en la literatura puertorriqueña.

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            • [Edwin Reyes was born between July 2 and 3, 1944 in the Pozas borough of Ciales and died in San Juan, Puerto Rico on January 9, 2001. He was a poet, columnist, journalist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, political activist and ad man.He studied at the University of Puerto Rico but considered himself to be self taught. He was a member of the 60s poetry group Guajana since its beginnings at the UPR. He was also an active member of the Pro Independence Movement (MPI), later called the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP). He published columns in El Reportero, Puerto Rico Ilustrado and the cultural supplement of El Mundo. As cultural affairs director of the PSP, he co-founded En Rojo, the cultural section of the party's weekly, Claridad, with Uruguayan intellectual Angel Rama. As a founding member of the Committee for the Defense of the Puerto Rican Culture, he authored the lyrics and music to "El gobierno Araña", a song used during the electoral campaigns in 1980 and 1984 that repudiated the acts of murder and corruption committed during Carlos Romero Barceló's terms as governor for the New Progressive Party (PNP -- pro statehood). Reyes published four books: Crónica del vértigo (1977); Son cimarrón para Adolfina Villanueva (1985); Balada del hombre huérfano (1990) and El arpa imaginaria (1998). He worked in cultural affairs for the Municipality of Caguas and San Juan in Puerto Rico; he wrote and produced the record "Aguinaldo Mayor" for the latter. During the last decade of his life, he immersed himself into cinema, and made five documentaries: "Palés: reseña de una vida útil"; "Tufiño: una vida para el arte y un arte para la vida"; "Rafael Hernández: jibarito del mundo"; "Adombe: la presencia africana en Puerto Rico" (Gold Medal, Festival Unico, UNESCO, Córdoba, Argentina) and "Teatro Tapia: prodigio de un espacio venerable". In 1999 he wrote, produced and directed a TV movie titled "Punto final: de como Tito Mangual aprendió a bregar", with students from the School to Work program of the Municipality of Caguas. He also appeared in small roles in Jacobo Morales' feature film "Linda Sara" and Ivonne Belén's documentary, "Una pasión llamada Clara Lair". Reyes died on January 9, 2001, a little over three months after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. He left some unfinished projects, including a novel, "El arpa en la creciente" and a book of poetry, "El arca de papel", besides some unpublished stories and songs. Some stories and poems have been published posthumously in "Flor de lumbre" (2004) an anthology of Guajana's poetry and "Relatos en espigas" (2007), a compilation of Guajana's poets' short stories. He is survived by his daughters Huaralí, Paloma Reyes Avilés, Mónica Monserrate Llenza, Marina Reyes Franco and son Elio Reyes Avilés.] https://edwinreyes.wordpress.com/biografia/eng/

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            • 1986-09-25: new
            • 2023-03-24: revised

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