The Nuyorican Movement is an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Ricans or of Puerto Rican descent and who live in or near New York City and call themselves or are known as "Nuyoricans". The word Nuyorican derives from a combination of the words "New York" and "Puerto Rican". This phenomenon came about when many Puerto Ricans immigrated to New York City in the middle decades of the 20th century, looking for a better way of life. Many of them, including their offsprings, faced difficult situations and hardships, such as racial discrimination. Their love for Puerto Rico and being in a far away land that did not accept them totally, lead to the creation of the sub culture of the "Nuyorican". New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Nuyorican is a blending of the phrases New York and Puerto Rican and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York City, or of their descendants (especially those raised or still living in the New York area). ...

Literature and Poetry

Jesus Colon

Some of the best known "Nuyorican" writers and poets, who have written about their experiences of being a Puerto Rican in New York and who have been responsible for the "Nuyorican Movement" directly or indirectly are, Jesus Colon who is considered the "Father of the Nuyorican Movement" and who wrote "A Puerto Rican in New York", Esmeralda Santiago's "When I was Puerto Rican" and Piri Thomas' "Down These Mean Streets". The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, founded by poets and playwrights Pedro Pietri, Miguel Piñero and Miguel Algarin, is located on Third Street and Avenue C in New York. According to Algarin, "We must listen to one another. We must respect one anothers habits and we must share the truth and the integrity that the voice of the poet so generously provide". Edwin Torres, the well known Nuyorican poet is a regular at the cafe. Image File history File links Jesus_Colon. ... Image File history File links Jesus_Colon. ... Jesus Colon (1901-1974) born in Cayey, Puerto Rico is considered by many to be the Father of the Nuyorican Movement. Colon was born after the Spanish-American War (1898) when the American Tobacco Co. ... Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948 in San Juan, Puerto Rico). ... Piri Thomas (born Juan Pedro Tomas September 10, 1928 in Spanish Harlem in New York City) is a Puerto Rican-Cuban who is influencial in the Nuyorican Movement as a writer and poet. ... Down These Mean Streets is the autobiography of Piri Thomas, a Puerto Rican who grew up in El Barrio (aka Spanish Harlem), a section of Harlem that has a large Puerto Rican population. ... The Nuyorican Poets Cafe is a New York City performance venue, best known for slam poetry, but also presenting theater, stand-up comedy, Latin jazz, hip-hop performance, and screenplay readings, the café is a non-profit organization. ... Pedro Pietri (March 21, 1944-March 3, 2004) born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, was a Nuyorican poet and playwright who co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. ... Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946–June 18, 1988), born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, was a playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. ... Professor Miguel Algarin born (c. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² or 54,556 square miles (27th)  - Land... Edwin Torres(born c. ...

Music

The "Nuyorican" music became popular in the 1960s with the recordings of Tito Puente's "Oye Como Va" and Ray Barretto's "El Watusi". The lyrics to the songs used a mixture of Spanish and English. This resulted in what is known as Spanglish. The latin musical bands who played the imported Cha Cha or Charanga began to develop their own unique Nuyorican music style by adding flutes and violins to their orchestras. Some of the best known musicians who helped develop this unique music known as the Latin Boogaloo were Joe Cuba with his "Bang Bang", Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz with "Mr. Trumpet Man", the brothers Charlie and Eddie Palmieri bands, with their unique sounds. Subsequently, the Nuyorican music has evolved into Latin hip hop, rap and reggaeton. Jump to: navigation, search The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Tito Puente (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000) was an influential Latin jazz and mambo musician. ... Ray Barretto a. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Spanglish, a portmanteau of the words Spanish and English, is a name used to refer to a range of language-contact phenomena, primarily in the speech of the Hispanic population of the USA, which is exposed to both Spanish and English. ... For the dance, see Cha-cha-cha (dance). ... A charanga is a Cuban orchestra composed of piano, strings, vocals, flute and Cuban musical style characterized by this kind of orchestration. ... This article pertains to the musical instrument. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... Boogaloo (shing-a-ling, popcorn music) is a genre of Latin music and dance that was very popular in the United States in the late 1960s. ... Joe Cuba (born Jose Calderon (1931) in New York City) is a Puerto Rican musician considered by many to be the Father of Latin Boogaloo. Cubas parents immigrated from Puerto Rico in the late 1920s and settled down in Spanish Harlem, a Hispanic ghetto located in Manhattan. ... Richie Ray a. ... Bobby Cruz (born February 1, 1937 in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico) - salsa singer and religious minister. ... Charlie Palmieri a. ... Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in New York City) is a pianist and renowned bandleader. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rap sucks ... Jump to: navigation, search Reggaeton is a form of dance music which has become popular with Latin American youth during the late 1990s and has spread to North American and European audiences during the first few years of the 21st century. ...

Playwrights

Rene Marquez

Among the playwrights who have based their works on the lifes of the Puerto Rican in New York and who were the pioneers of the Nuyorican movement were Luis Rafael Sanchez with his "La Guaracha Del Macho Camacho" and Rene Marquez whose production of "The Oxcart" traces the life of a Puerto Rican family who moved from the country to San Juan and then to New York, only to realize that they would rather live a poor life in Puerto Rico than face discrimination in the United States. Miguel Piñero became an acclaimed playwright with his work "Short Eyes", a drama about prison life, which won a Tony Award nomination and an Obie Award. Judge Edwin Torres, wrote the saga of a Puerto Rican drug dealer in "Carlito's Way" which eventually became a Hollywood film. Puerto Rican actress Miriam Colon founded the "Puerto Rican Traveling Theater" which gives young actors the opportunity to participate in its productions. Some of the productions, such as "Simpson Street" touch the subject of the Nuyorican's life in a New York ghetto. Image File history File links Rene_Marques. ... Image File history File links Rene_Marques. ... Luis Rafael Sanchez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Rene Marques (October 4, 1919-March 22, 1979) born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, was a renowned short story writer and playwright. ... Jump to: navigation, search San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ... Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946–June 18, 1988), born in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, was a playwright, actor, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater. ... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Judge Edwin Torres (born 1931 in New York City) is a Supreme Court Judge, lawyer, and author. ... Carlitos Way is a 1993 gangster movie written by Judge Edwin Torres and directed by Brian DePalma. ... Miriam Colon (born August 20, 1936 in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican actress and the founder and director of the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New York City. ... Jump to: navigation, search A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ...

See also

• List of famous Puerto Ricans