Victor Hernández Cruz (born February 6, 1949) is a Puerto Rican poet.
He began to write poetry while attending Benjamin Franklin High School.
[1] Hernández Cruz received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
[1] In 1981, the April issue of Life proclaimed Hernández Cruz a National Treasure when they included his name among the greatest American poets.
[2][3] Allen Ginsberg wrote about Snaps: Poesy news from space anxiety police age inner city, spontaneous urban American language as Williams wished, high school street consciousness transparent, original soul looking out intelligent Bronx windows.