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Edwin Torres was born on 1958 in The Bronx, New York, United States, is a Nuyorican performance poet (born 1958). Discover Edwin Torres's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 66 years old?
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The Bronx, New York, United States |
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Puerto Rican
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Edwin Torres Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Edwin Torres Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edwin Torres worth at the age of 66 years old? Edwin Torres’s income source is mostly from being a successful Poet. He is from Puerto Rican. We have estimated Edwin Torres's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
His work incorporates vocal and physical improvisation.
He is the author of Ameriscopia, One Night: Poems for the Sleepy, Yes Thing No Thing, and several other poetic books.
He also has produced recordings titled Oceano Rise, Novo, and Holy Kid.
He is a member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school.
Torres's parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in the borough of The Bronx in New York City.
His father died when he was young and he was then raised by his mother and her brother Martin.
He received his primary and secondary education in New York.
In 1989 Torres began working as a graphic designer and a year later he discovered the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which inspired his creative instincts.
Torres created a movement which he called "Interactive Eclectrcism", which combines movement, audience participation, music and songs.
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe not only opened its door for his creation but it also opened the doors to a new world of reading poetry.
Torres also created the "Poets Neurotica", where dancers and musicians performed alongside two to four poets.
Torres has represented New York in the 1992 National Poetry Slam, celebrated in Boston, and he has won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe First Annual Prize for Poetry with his poem "Po-Mo Griot".
He has also appeared on MTV's Spoken Word Unplugged and the Charlie Rose Show and been featured on Newsweek, in Rolling Stone Magazine and in New York Magazine.
His poem, "I Saw Your Empire State Building" was included in the book, Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam in the chapter which dealt with the poetry slam community's response to 9/11, and his work has appeared in numerous anthologies such as Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry, and Heights of the Marvelous: A New York Anthology, among many others.
Besides performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Torres has performed at the Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Modern Art, amongst other venues.
He was a member of "Real Live Poetry" from 1993–99, performing and conducting workshops across the US and overseas.
