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(1905-1993) Poet, journalist. Clemente Soto Velez was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, in 1905, and moved to New York in 1942.

Full Name

Clemente Soto Velez

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1905

BIRTH

Clemente Soto Velez was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, in 1905.

1936

LITWORK

Escalio


Poetry.

1942

RESIDENCE

Mr. Soto Velez moved to New York in 1942 and lived there until the 1980s.

1955

LITWORK

Arboles (Trees)


Poetry.

1959

LITWORK

Caballo de Palo (Wooden Horse)
New York: Las Americas Publishing

Poetry.

1979

LITWORK

La Tierra Prometida (The Promised Land)
San Juan: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena.
8449907853 / 978-8449907852
Poetry.

1989

LITWORK

Obra Poetica
San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena
0865814155 / 978-0865814158

1991

LITWORK

The Blood That Keeps Singing
Willimantic, Connecticut: Curbstone Press
915306786
Poetry.

1993

DEATH

Clemente Soto Velez died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 15, 1993.

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