Al Robles
American poet
Born on: February 16, 1930Died on: May 2, 2009
Aged: 79 years 75 days (950 months)
Nationality: Filipino American
Birth Sign: Aquarius
Alfred A. Robles was a Filipino American poet and community activist in San Francisco. Born in 1930, he was the second eldest in a family of ten brothers and sisters and grew up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco.
A community character, he was instrumental in the political fight against the city to stop the demolition of the International Hotel on Kearny Street.
He was also a prominent member of the San Francisco-based Asian American writers' collective Kearny Street Workshop.
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