Roberto Vargas (poet)
Roberto Vargas (born February 24, 1941) is a Nicaraguan poet and political activist. He was born in Managua, Nicaragua and raised in the Mission District, San Francisco, where he became a prominent political activist. From 1974 through 1979, he taught Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. He is best known for his work in the San Francisco Mission district during the Nicaraguan Revolution and bilingual poetry. Early life He graduated from Mission High School in 1958. "I graduated from Mission High School in 1958 and used to hang out in North Beach, going around to see all the poets," he says. Vargas attempted to have a career in boxing, but that ended quickly because of a detached retina that helped him during the major drafts of young men to fight in Vietnam. Political Activity and work in The Mission Vargas was an organizer at San Francisco State University during the widespread student strikes in 1968–1969. He was one of the community activists who organized alo ...
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Managua, Nicaragua
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