José Angel Figueroa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

José Angel Figueroa

Puerto Rican poet

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1946

Place of Birth: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, United States

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

José Angel Figueroa (born November 28, 1946) is a Puerto Rican poet, actor, author, editor, and a professor in the Humanities who has published poetry, fiction, and drama in the United States.
He is best known for his poetry and is considered one of the first Neorican poets and contributed to the rise of the Nuyorican Literary movement.
He was an early contributor to the Nuyorican Poets Café and has influenced the scene of Latino literature in New York through education, writing, and outreach.