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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.
Denis Rosario is a former president of the Puerto Rican PEN International Centre (2012–13). [1] [6] She has been a guest columnist for El Nuevo Día newspaper, has taught at Ana G. Méndez University and at Metropolitan University, and since 2015 has taught at UPR-RP, where she is a professor of literature. [2]
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.
Víctor Pellot - baseball player; second black Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball; first Puerto Rican to play in the American League [25] Willie Perdomo - poet, writer [26] Miguel José Pérez Sr. - former wrestler, best known for 1/2 of the Tag Team with Antonio Rocca and World Wrestling Council
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)
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 ] .
Flores is the author of Sancocho - A Book of Nuyorican Poetry, and can be found in the anthologies Role Call and Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, both edited by Tony Medina (the latter co-edited with Louis Reyes Rivera). He is one of the founders of the annual Voices for the Voiceless Poetry Concert which occurs in the five college UMass ...