Luis Pales Matos

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Luis Pales Matos was born in Guayama Puerto Rico, on March 20, 1898. Luis Pales Matos came from a Poet family which he inherited his passion for poems. At the age of 16 he helped his high school by editing magazines and helping other local newspapers. By doing this it contributed to the publishing of his first book called “Azaela”, in 1915. This book showed ideals of different authors and showed Latin American modernism which was identified. He had a tremendous cultural education and by this his family influenced greatly. Later then his father died and pressed his family into a critical economical state. He had no other choice but to abandon his studies and became self-taught. This was true because he constantly visited the town’s library and …show more content…

Luis Pales Matos and his wife gave birth to their son, named Edgardo. After that he dedicated himself to Puerto Rican poetry. In 1919 her wife Natavidad Suliveres died from tuberculosis which affected him greatly that inspired his creativity and created a book of poems called “El palacio en sombras”. Later on 1924 he published it. Pales Matos poetry was mostly influenced by black poetry gathering concern from them. This later on was called the Negro poetry. In literature Pales Matos was highly acknowledged by his dominance in poetry and influenced much of Puerto Rico. Pales Matos became involved on politics and supported the independence of Puerto Rico. He was called an orator because he always began his speeches by improvising every time and it was considered beautiful and awe inspiring for all the people who listened to his words. In 1925, Canciones de la vida media was published and was a great success. It won first prize in literature from the institute of literature. He created an Afro-Antillean movement that influenced in Puerto Rico and today it is seen so much in our culture that it’s just a part of us. It’s part of our culture and history which has given us a large variety of

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