Francisco Matos Paoli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrancisco Matos Paoli
Puerto Rican politician and independence advocate
Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1915
Place of Birth: Lares, Puerto Rico, United States
Date of Death: 10-Jul-2000
Profession: poet
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Francisco Matos Paoli
- Francisco Matos Paoli March 9, 1915 – July 10, 2000), was a Puerto Rican poet, critic, and essayist who in 1977 was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- His books were rooted in three major literary movements in Latin America: Romanticism, Modernism, and Postmodernism.Paoli was also a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and a Puerto Rican patriot.
- In 1950 he was imprisoned for having a Puerto Rican flag in his home, and for speaking on behalf of Puerto Rico's independence.
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