Francisco Matos Paoli

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matos and the second or maternal family name is Paoli.
Francisco Matos Paoli
Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party
BornMarch 9, 1915
Lares, Puerto Rico
DiedJuly 10, 2000 (2000-07-11) (aged 85)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Political partyPuerto Rican Nationalist Party
MovementPuerto Rican Independence
SpouseIsabel Freire de Matos
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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.[1]

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.[2]

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