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This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, short story authors, and playwrights.It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and long-term residents or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their literary work.
This is a list of notable Puerto Ricans of significant African ancestry, including visually mixed-race individuals, which represents a significant portion of the Puerto Rican population. It includes people born in or living in the mainland United States, some of whom may be of full Puerto Rican ancestry while others only partially Puerto Rican ...
Angelamaría Dávila Malavé (February 21, 1944 – July 8, 2003) was a Puerto Rican poet and writer who explored themes of love, relationships, and womanhood. She is an Afro-feminist and Afro-Caribbean poet and visual artist who identified her black Puerto Ricanness as a defining characteristic of her work and personal identity.
On July 4, 1899, he founded the pro-statehood Puerto Rican Republican Party and became known as the "Father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico" movement. Another distinguished Puerto Rican of African descent, who advocated Puerto Rico's independence, was Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938). After emigrating to New York City in the United ...
Puerto Rican poets by century (3 C) + Puerto Rican LGBTQ poets (6 P) Puerto Rican male poets (10 P) Puerto Rican women poets (13 P) P. Poets from Ponce (5 P)
Arturo Alfonso Schomburg (January 24, 1874 – June 19, 1938), was a historian, [1] writer, curator, [2] and activist. He also wrote many books. [3] Schomburg was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent.
Nevertheless, black Puerto Rican performers such as Sylvia del Villard and Juan Boria recited Palés Matos's poetry. [11] Other figures of Afro-Puerto Rican and Afro-Caribbean poetry include Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999) who also wrote Afro-Antillano lyrics and Angelamaria Davila (1944-2003) who wrote Afro-feminist poetry in the 1970s ...
Puerto Rican literature is the body of literature produced by writers of Puerto Rican descent. It evolved from the art of oral storytelling . Written works by the indigenous inhabitants of Puerto Rico were originally prohibited and repressed by the Spanish colonial government [ citation needed ] .