Elizam Escobar was a Puerto Rican art theorist, poet, visual artist and writer.
13 Facts About Elizam Escobar
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Elizam Escobar served a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted while a member of the FALN.
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Elizam Escobar became a member of the underground group called Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional.
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Elizam Escobar taught art at the Museo del Barrio's School of the Arts from 1979 to 1980.
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On 4 April 1980, Elizam Escobar was among eleven FALN members arrested by the FBI in Evanston, Illinois, under the suspicion of plotting to bomb Federal installations.
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Elizam Escobar was sentenced to a prison term of 68 years which was to be served in the federal prison of El Reno, Oklahoma.
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Elizam Escobar wrote about art and his theories about art were published in journals like Rethinking Marxism, Third Text and Left Curve.
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Elizam Escobar argued against the use of art as political propaganda and was in favor of artistic autonomy.
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Elizam Escobar's poems have been published in the Anthology of Latino Poets in New York.
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Elizam Escobar was the Dean of the Painting Department at the Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Elizam Escobar's paintings have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and at the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture.
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Elizam Escobar has authored two books, "Speech in the Night" and "Sonia Semenovena", published by Quinera editors.
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Elizam Escobar is honored at Ponce's Park of the Illustrious Ponce Citizens.