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1928–2002 · Cataño · Literature • Journalism • Education

Pedro Juan Soto was an acclaimed novelist, short-story writer, playwright, journalist, and professor associated with Puerto Rico's influential Generation of the 1950s. Born in Cataño, he explored migration, colonialism, poverty, racism, and the Puerto Rican experience in works such as Spiks and Usmaíl, becoming one of the island's most important modern literary voices.