Some of the best known " Nuyoricans " who have written and performed their experiences of being a Puerto Rican in New York are: Willie Colón, Pedro Pietri, Miguel Piñero, Giannina Braschi, Miguel Algarín, Piri Thomas, and Sandra María Esteves.

* Pedro Pietri, co-founder of Nuyorican Poets Café

* " Nuyorican Power ," Current TV program on Nuyorican culture, featuring portraits of Pedro Pietri, Fat Boy, Rita Moreno, J-Lo, Macho Camacho, and Giannina Braschi ; produced by Evan B.

The last two decades have also seen a revival of the Beat poetry spoken word tradition, in the form of the poetry slam, which was born of the Nuyorican movement led by New York based Puerto Rican poets Pedro Pietri, Giannina Braschi, and Miguel Piñero.

Colón inspired other writers such as Piri Thomas, Esmeralda Santiago, Nicholasa Mohr, Pedro Pietri, and others.

Thomas was influential in the Nuyorican Movement which included poets Pedro Pietri, Miguel Algarin, and Giannina Braschi, who wrote of life in New York City using a mix of English and Spanish.

* Pedro Pietri, co-founder of Nuyorican Poet's Cafe

The landmark Nuyorican Poets Café is a bastion of the Nuyorican Movement, an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists of Puerto Rican descent, mostly notably the late Pedro Pietri and Giannina Braschi.

Pedro Pietri ( March 21, 1944March 3, 2004 ), was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Café.

Pedro Pietri was diagnosed with stomach cancer in 2003.

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At Columbia, Holman studied with Kenneth Koch, Eric Bentley, and Michael Wood but claims that his “ major poetry schooling ,” was “ the Lower East Side, with Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Anne Waldman, Miguel Piñero, Hettie Jones, Ed Sanders, Amiri Baraka, Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, Pedro Pietri, David Henderson, Steve Cannon, et al .”

He wrote the first important symphonic work in Chilean tradition, " La Muerte de Alcino ", a symphonic poem inspired by the novel of Pedro Prado.

Sports Illustrateds Joe Posnanski wrote, " There has never been a pitcher in baseball history — not Walter Johnson, not Lefty Grove, not Sandy Koufax, not Tom Seaver, not Roger Clemens — who was more overwhelming than the young Pedro.

As a youth, Balaguer wrote of the awe with which he was struck by his father's fellow countryman, the Harvard graduate and political leader from Puerto Rico, Pedro Albizu.

Chong wrote in his 2009 book Cheech & Chong: The Unauthorized Autobiography that Komack based the show on Cheech and Chong skits titled " The Old Man in the Park " and " Pedro and Man " and had acknowledged that fact to Chong after the television series ' release.

Yet another contemporary chronicler, Pedro Mariño de Lobera, also wrote that Valdivia offered to evacuate the lands of the Mapuche but says he was shortly thereafter killed with a large club by a vengeful warrior named Pilmaiquen, who said that Valdivia could not be trusted to keep his word once freed.

Alejandro Llenas wrote that Christophe took 997 from Santiago alone, and " Monte Plata, San Pedro and Cotuí were reduced to ashes, and their residents either had their throats slit or were taken captives by the thousands, like farm animals, tied up and getting beaten on their way to Haiti.

Yvonne M. Conde, also a Pedro Pan, conducted research and interviews and wrote a book titled " Operation Pedro Pan: The Untold Exodus of 14, 048 Cuban Children ".

* Richard Armour, poet and author who wrote over sixty books, was born in San Pedro on July 25, 1906.

Dana was not a resident but rather a famous visitor to San Pedro, who wrote about the experience in his memoir.

Schilling has a longstanding feud with ESPN and former Arizona Republic reporter Pedro Gomez, initially over an article he wrote concerning manager Buck Showalter.

Luís was a cultured man who wrote vernacular poetry, but had no distinguishing gifts in the political field into which he was thrust by the deaths of his brothers Pedro V and Fernando in 1861.

Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa wrote in 1579 that " they are now called after St Felix and St Ambor ( i. e. Felix and Nabor )".

The chroniclers Pedro Cieza de León, Diego Durán and Fray Pedro Simón wrote about the Americas.

Phineas Banning, the founder of Wilmington ( then known as New San Pedro ), wrote a letter to President Lincoln advising that the Union would lose California unless some provision was made to quell pro-Confederacy sentiment.

They wrote to Pedro Celestino Negrete inviting him to participate, but he thought that it was a conspiracy and told Iturbide.

Jesuit missioner Pedro Lozano wrote in his book Chorographic Description of the Great Chaco Gualamba, edited in the Spanish Cordoba in 1733: " Its etymology indicates the multitude of nations that inhabit that region.

Another relevant playwright of the 16th century is António Ferreira ( 1528 – 1569 ), who wrote " A Castro " ( 1587 ), a well-known tragedy about the forbidden love between D. Pedro I and D. Inês de Castro.

Members of this group included Pedro Alejandro Paterno, who wrote the novel Nínay ( first novel written by a Filipino ); the Philippine national hero, José Rizal, who wrote excellent poetry and two famous novels in Spanish: Noli Me Tangere ( Touch Me Not ), and El Filibusterismo.

Members of this group included Pedro Alejandro Paterno, who wrote the novel Nínay ( first novel written by a Filipino ); the Philippine national hero, José Rizal, who wrote excellent poetry and two famous novels in Spanish: Noli Me Tangere ( Touch Me Not ), and El Filibusterismo.

King John I wrote a book of the chase, his sons, King Duarte and D. Pedro, composed moral treatises, and an anonymous scribe told with charming naïveté the story of the heroic Nuno Alvares Pereira in the Chronica do Condestavel.

Constable Dom Pedro, friend of the Marquis of Santillana, wrote almost entirely in Castilian and is the first representative of the Spanish influence which imported from Italy the love of allegory and reverence for classical antiquity.

After his death, Zamora was publicly praised by President Bill Clinton and Donna Shalala for his leadership and work in educating high school students, saying that through his appearances on The Real World, Pedro had become a part of viewers ’ families, and that all people who watched the show could now say that they “ knew ” someone who had lived with AIDS.

Four days after the incident, the self-styled Pedro Pablo Castillo commando of the FMLN publicly announced that it was responsible for the abduction of the women.

He also publicly disagreed with then-party president Pedro Rossello by objecting to the expulsion of then-Senate President Kenneth McClintock and then-Vice President Orlando Parga from the party for refusing to turn over the Senate presidency to Rossello.

Pedro was greatly influenced by his aunt, who often recited poetry and on occasions put on theatrical plays in the local church.

The Ballroom soon proclaimed itself the " temple of mambo ", for the city's best dancers — the Mambo Aces, " Killer Joe " Piro, Augie and Margo Rodriguez, Paulito and Lilon, Louie Maquina and Pedro " Cuban Pete " Aguilar — gave mambo demonstrations there and made a reputation for their expressive use of arms, legs, head and hands.

* One of the best known Lisbon public Secondary / High Schools is named after Pedro Nunes, Escola Secundária de Pedro Nunes ( teaching 7th to 12th grade ).

Coyoacan was ranked third best place to live in the country in 2004 by the United Nations Development Programme, behind Benito Juarez and San Pedro Garza García in Nuevo León.

There is a movie titled Pedro Navaja, filmed in Mexico in 1984, starring Andres Garcia as Pedro Navaja, a young Maribel Guardia as his girlfriend, and Resortes as his best friend, which is based on this song ; it was made without Blades's input, which caused him to record " Sorpresas " ( Surprises ), a song that continues the story, turning the movie's plot around by revealing Navaja was still alive and had killed another panderer while he was being registered, provided that the other panderer believed he was truly dead.

Near São Félix Hill, the São Pedro de Rates shooting camp is considered one of the best in Portugal and in Europe, prestigious among nationals.

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (), ( 1565 – 1614 ) was a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595-1596 voyage of Alvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and for leading a 1605-1606 expedition which crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis.

His brother, John the Bastard, is jealous of Don Pedro and plots to ruin his best friend, Claudio's wedding.

Portugal has been participating at the Eurovision Song Contest since 1964, its best result being the 6th place achieved by Lucia Moniz's folk inspired song " O meu coração não tem cor " in 1996, penned by Pedro Vaz Osorio.

Pedro Martínez has used this pitch throughout his career to great effect, and many consider it to be his best pitch.

Pedro Menéndez de Avilés ( 15 February 1519 – 17 September 1574 ) was an Asturian ( northern region in the Iberian Peninsula ) admiral and explorer, best remembered for founding St. Augustine, Florida in 1565.

Major League was notable for featuring several actors who would go on to stardom: Wesley Snipes and Rene Russo were relative unknowns before the movie was released, while Dennis Haysbert remained best known as Pedro Cerrano until he portrayed US President David Palmer on the television series 24.

San Pedro is the second best department in cattle and the first in production of poultry, such as turkey, goose and guinea fowl.

Alou would become the leader in Expos games managed, while guiding the team to winning records, including 1994, when the Expos, led by a talented group of players including Larry Walker, Moisés Alou, Marquis Grissom and Pedro Martínez, had the best record in the major leagues until the 1994 – 95 Major League Baseball strike forced the cancellation of the remainder of the season.

The Movida comprised many art movements ; Pedro Almodóvar became the best known example internationally after his later success as a film director.

Pedro Flores born ( March 9, 1894 – July 14, 1979 ) was one Puerto Rico's best known composers of Ballads and Boleros.

Among her best known works are The Seasons, April Morning, Place de la Concorde, Among the Flowers, Winter, and portraits of actress Jeanne Samary, Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Charles Garnier.

To Pedro II, the best way to resolve the problem about the electoral fraud was not restricting the right to vote but, instead, improving education in the country.

On July 27, 1969, the best Mexican driver in México ( Pedro Rodriguez wasn't racing in the National Championship ), Moisés Solana, died in the " Hill Climb Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve ".

Only eight cars finished the race, with Pedro Diniz seventh place being Forti's best Formula One finish at the last grand prix at Adelaide.

A Spanish fleet of ten warships, commanded by Pedro Valdez, bombarded Angra on 5 July 1581, then began investigating the coast of the island in search of the best landing places.

The best known local poet was Charles Bukowski, who mostly lived in Hollywood but in the later part of his life lived in San Pedro.