Blas Jiménez

Blas Jiménez was born in Santo Domingo on 2 August 1949. A poet and essayist, he made his name in 1980 with a collection that disconcerted readers, and became the clearest voice of Afro-Dominican identity, better recognised in the United States than in his own country according to Fernando Valerio-Holguín. A professor of Caribbean literature at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra, he was secretary general of the Dominican commission for UNESCO from 2000 to 2003. He died on 13 November 2009.

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• PoetryCaribbean African upon AwakeningCaribe africano en despertarBlas Jiménez · 1984Literature