1. Pedro Julio Mir Valentin was a Dominican poet and writer, named Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic by Congress in 1984, and a member of the generation of "Independent poets of the 1940s" in Dominican poetry.
10 Facts About Pedro Mir
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Pedro Mir's mother, died prematurely, in 1917, which impressed upon him a profound sense of loss that he would later consider the root of his poetical vocation.
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When Pedro Mir was informed of Bosch's reaction, he decided then to write his first social poems, and this time, he sent them to Bosch himself.
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The next years Pedro Mir kept writing and studying, obtaining a Doctor Degree in Law from the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo State University in 1941 and starting a practice in an office of the Dominican capital, Santo Domingo.
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Pedro Mir's poems were putting him up against the regime, so after receiving threats and feeling his life in danger, he fled to Cuba in 1947.
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In 1952, Pedro Mir published in Guatemala his Contracanto a Walt Whitman, considered one of his most accomplished works.
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Pedro Mir returned to the Dominican Republic in 1963, during the democratic government of President Juan Bosch.
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In 1991, Pedro Mir traveled to New York to receive an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the Hunter College of the City University of New York.
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In 1993, Pedro Mir was awarded the Dominican National Literature Award for his lifetime achievements.
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Pedro Mir died peacefully on 11 July 2000 surrounded by his family, after a long pulmonary illness.