Sánchez, Ricardo, 1941-1995

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Dates:
Birth 1949
Birth 1941-03-29
Death 1995-09-03
Spanish; Castilian, English

Biographical notes:

Ricardo Sánchez was born March 19, 1995 in El Paso, Texas. He was a professor of Chicano Studies at Washington State University and a poet in the Chicano movement. He spent 9 years in prisons for armed robberies; after his release in 1970 published poems which were a force in the Chicano movement. He died September 3, 1995 in El Paso, Texas.

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Mexican American art
  • Mexican American literature (Spanish)
  • Mexican American poets
  • Mexican Americans
  • Mexican Americans
  • Mexican Americans and libraries
  • Poetry
  • Mexican Americans

Occupations:

  • Poets

Places:

  • El Paso, TX, US
  • El Paso, TX, US

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