Andrés Castro Ríos Explained

Andrés Castro Ríos
Birth Date:4 October 1942
Birth Place:Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Death Place:Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Education:University of Puerto Rico
Occupation:Poet

Andrés Castro Ríos (October 4, 1942, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico  - September 16, 2006, Santurce, Puerto Rico) was a poet and graduate from the Humanities Faculty of the University of Puerto Rico.[1] Castro Ríos is known as one of the founders of the "Guajana" magazine and as one of the composer of the lyrics for "¡Coño, Despierta Boricua!" (along with Miguel Ángel Hidalgo Vega—better known by his pen name "Guarionex Hidalgo Africano"—and Francisco Matos Paoli), a famous patriotic Puerto Rican song related to the Grito de Lares. Castro Ríos died from a heart attack in 2006.

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  1. Book: Márquez, Robert. Puerto Rican Poetry: A Selection from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times. 2007. Univ of Massachusetts Press. 1558495622. 268–269. en.