Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Blas R. Jiménez (died 14 or 15 November 2009) was a Dominican Republic black nationalist, poet and essayist of African descent. He is considered to have been " foremost among those poets claiming an African identity contrary to ethnic classification norms in the Dominican Republic." He authored poetry books such as Versos en cuentos para espantar zombies (1996). He was also very active in increasing cultural tourism in the country and is considered an Afro-Dominican cultural icon in his nation. He spent a number of years in the United States and was once involved in a dispute with a passport official who told him to write "Dark Indian" and he insisted that he was black. His brother was Rafael Jiménez.. }
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- Blas_Jiménez abstract "Blas R. Jiménez (died 14 or 15 November 2009) was a Dominican Republic black nationalist, poet and essayist of African descent. He is considered to have been " foremost among those poets claiming an African identity contrary to ethnic classification norms in the Dominican Republic." He authored poetry books such as Versos en cuentos para espantar zombies (1996). He was also very active in increasing cultural tourism in the country and is considered an Afro-Dominican cultural icon in his nation. He spent a number of years in the United States and was once involved in a dispute with a passport official who told him to write "Dark Indian" and he insisted that he was black. His brother was Rafael Jiménez.".