Nelson Antonio Denis
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 68th district | |
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In office January 1, 1997 – December 31, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Francisco Diaz Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Adam Clayton Powell IV |
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| Born | 1955 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Parents | Antonio Denis Jordan & Sarah Denis |
| Alma mater |
Harvard College Yale Law School |
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| Notable work | (Film) Vote For Me! & (book) War Against All Puerto Ricans |
| Awards | "Best Editorial Writing" award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists |
 You can hear Nelson Denis on WNYC Radio here. |
Nelson Antonio Denis is an attorney, writer, film director, and former representative to the New York State Assembly. From 1997 to 2000, Denis represented New York’s 68th Assembly district, which includes the East Harlem and Spanish Harlem neighborhoods, both highly populated by Latinos.
As the editorial director for El Diario La Prensa, Denis published over 300 editorials and won the "Best Editorial Writing" award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
His most recent work is War Against All Puerto Ricans, a non-fiction book, about the life of Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos, and the treatment of Puerto Rican nationalists by agencies of the United States government.
Denis was born in New York City Borough of Manhattan to Antonio Denis Jordan, a native of Cuba of French descent, and Sarah Denis, originally from Puerto Rico. After his father was peremptorily deported back to his homeland, when Nelson was eight years old, he was raised by his mother and grandmother.
Denis went on to graduate from Harvard College in 1977, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Government, and then a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School in 1980. He then went to work as an attorney with the New York law firm of Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine.
Denis’s screenplays have won awards from the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and CineFestival. He also wrote and directed the feature-length film Vote For Me! which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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