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Posted on: February 14th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Art y Culture ] [ Hispanic News ] [ People ] [ Top Stories ] [ Texas ] [ Austin ]
Tags: activist, bilingual, Chicano, family, student, teacher
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Raúl Salinas was an ex-con whose tattoos in faded green ink reminded people he’d seen rough times, a mentor who kept his students grounded and a poet whose bilingual politically charged writing attracted fans from around the world.
On Wednesday morning, the man who found his voice in prison and tried to give that voice to his readers died in Austin from complications of liver cancer, a family friend said. He was 73.
Salinas was initially known as a pinto poet, one who is heavily influenced by time in prison, and first started gaining recognition for his work in the late 1960s.”*
*From: http://www.statesman.com
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