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Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946 – June 16, 1988) was a Puerto Rican born American playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement .
Apr 12, 2002 · With Benjamin Bratt, Giancarlo Esposito, Talisa Soto, Nelson Vasquez. Miguel Pinero's creative and turbulent life was cut short at age 40: a Tony Award nominee who did time at Sing-Sing, a volatile urban poet whose work is recognized as a precursor to rap and hip-hop, and a writer of hit TV shows.
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Dec 13, 2001 · "Piñero" tells the story of the turbulent and creative life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero (Benjamin Bratt), whose urban poetry is recognized as a precursor to rap and ...
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Piñero is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character.
May 23, 2021 · Miguel Piñero. 23/05/2021. Versión en español. Poet and playwright. Part of Miguel Piñero’s literary prominence stems from his association with the Nuyorican poetic movement. He was a close friend of Miguel Algarín, with whom he collaborated in promoting the movement, the founding of the Nuyorican Poets Café in 1975, and the publication ...
Hot-head Miguel Piñero, son of wealthy Puerto Rican immigrants in New York, is still drawn to drugs and petty crime and ends up in jail. A play he wrote in Sing Sing, 'Short Eyes,' in an innovating style, swift and sharp, yet rhythmic, is his way to fame.
