List of Puerto Rican writers

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Puerto Rican writers
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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 many long-term residents and/or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their literary work. New entries must be placed in alphabetical order and follow the formatting for the list.


A[]

  • (1955–1984), novelist[1]
  • Rafael Acevedo (born 1960), poet, playwright, fiction writer[1]
  • (born 1965), poet and author[2]
  • Alfredo M. Aguayo, educator and writer (1866–1948)
    Established the first laboratory of child psychology at the University of Havana[3]
  • Jack Agüeros (1934–2014), author, playwright, poet and translator[4]
  • Miguel Algarín (born 1941), poet, writer
    Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.[5]
  • Manuel A. Alonso (1822–1889), poet and author
    Considered by many to be the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance.[6]
  • , short-story writer[7]
  • Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born 1940), writer and historian[8]
  • , novelist
    Ambert in 1996, became the first Hispanic author to win the Carey McWilliams Award for Multicultural Literature, presented by the Multicultural Review, for her novel A Perfect Silence.[9]
  • Marta Aponte Alsina (born 1945), storyteller, novelist and literary critic[1]
  • , historian, journalist, social scientist, professor and writer[10][11]
    Author of ¡Yo Acuso! Tortura y Asesinato de Don Pedro Albizu Campos.;[12] Pedro Albizu Campos: Su persecución por el F.B.I.;[13] Crónica de un encubrimiento: Albizu Campos y el caso Rhoads.;[14] Locura por decreto: El papel de Luis Muñoz Marín y José Trías Monge en el diagnóstico de locura de don Pedro Albizu Campos.;[15] El ataque Nacionalista a La Fortaleza;[16] The Unsolved Case of Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads: An Indictment.;[17] Transición [short stories];[18] La hacienda;[19] "Necator Americanus: O sobre la fisiología del caso Rhoads"[20]
  • Delma S. Arrigoitia, historian, author
    Arrigoitia was the first person in the University of Puerto Rico to earn a master's degree in the field of history. In 2010, her book, "Puerto Rico Por Encima de Todo: Vida y Obra de Antonio R. Barcelo, 1868–1938", was recognized among the best in the category of "research and criticism" and awarded a first place prize by the Ateneo Puertorriqueño.[21]
  • Francisco Arriví, writer, poet, and playwright
    Arriví is known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater".[22]
  • Rane Arroyo, poet, playwright and scholar[23]
  • Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970), an award-winning Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer and essayist.

B–C[]

  • , novelist, author of autobiography Nobody's Hero (1977)[24]
  • Janette Becerra, short-story writer, poet, professor, literary critic, and lawyer. Author of Doce versiones de soledad, Elusiones, and Antrópolis.
  • Emilio S. Belaval, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and lawyer[25]
  • Pura Belpré, author
    First Puerto Rican librarian in New York City.[26]
  • Samuel Beniquez, author
    Author of the autobiographical book entitled: Tu alto precio... Mi gran valor.[27]
  • María Bibiana Benítez, playwright
    Benitez is one of Puerto Rico's "first" poetesses.[28]
  • Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, poet
    Benítez de Gautier's collaboration with the "Aguinaldo Puertorriqueño" (Collection of Puerto Rican Poetry) gave her recognition as a great poet.[29]
  • Tomás Blanco, writer and historian
    Blanco was the author of "Prontuario Historico de Puerto Rico" and "El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico" (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico).[30]
  • Juan Boria, Afro-Caribbean poet
    Boria, also known as the Negro Verse Pharaoh, was a poet known for his Afro-Caribbean poetry.[31]
  • Gerson Borrero, journalist, radio host and TV commentator in New York City. He has been editor-at-large of City & State NY and editor-in-chief of El Diario/La Prensa[32]
  • Giannina Braschi, Author of Postmodern political philosophy, poetry, fiction, and drama. Wrote the first full-length Spanglish novel. Titles: "Yo-Yo Boing!", "Empire of Dreams", and "United States of Banana".[33][34]
  • Julia de Burgos, one of the greatest poets to have been born in Puerto Rico; author of "Yo misma fui mi ruta" and "Poema Río Grande de Loíza".[35]
  • , writer, poet and filmmaker. Author of the seminal Historias tremendas. Other books include Historias atroces, La cabeza, Malas hierbas, Trance, Crazy X-Ray Boomeranf Girl, Ánima Sola, Phantograms and Saga de Sandulce. [36]
  • Mayra Calvani, writer[37]
  • Zenobia Camprubí, writer/poet (Puerto Rican mother)
    Camprubí was also the wife of Nobel Prize winning author Juan Ramón Jiménez.[38]
  • Nemesio Canales, essayist and poet[30]
  • Luisa Capetillo, labor activist
    Capetillo was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers. She was also a writer and an anarchist who fought for workers and women's rights.[39]
  • , poet and playwright[1][24]
  • , novelist, author of Frankie Christo (1972)[24]
  • (1896–1964), author of Pioneros puertorriqueños en Nueva York[40]
  • Manuel Corchado y Juarbe, poet, journalist and politician
    Corchado y Juarbe defended the abolition of slavery and the establishment of a University in Puerto Rico.[41]
  • Juan Antonio Corretjer, poet
    Corretjer was also a journalist and pro-independence political activist who opposed United States rule in Puerto Rico.[42]
  • [43][44]
  • Nicky Cruz, reverend
    Cruz has written two autobiographies, Run Baby Run, with Jamie Buckingham (1968), and Soul Obsession, with Frank Martin (2005).[45]
  • Victor Hernández Cruz, poet and essayist. Random House published Cruz's first poetry collection, Snaps (1969), when he was nineteen.
  • Isabel Cuchí Coll, journalist and author
    Cuchi Coll was the granddaughter of Cayetano Coll y Toste and niece of José Coll y Cuchí. She served as Director of the "Sociedad de Autores Puertorriqueño[46]

D[]

E–G[]

H–K[]

L[]

  • Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, writer
    Author of "Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails".[70]
  • Enrique A. Laguerre, writer
    Laguerre was nominated for Nobel Prize in literature.[71]
  • Eduardo Lalo (born 1960), writer
    Author of "Simone".[72]
  • Elidio La Torre-Lagares (born 1965), poet, novelist, essayist, author of Vicios de construcción (2008)[1]
  • Tato Laviera, poet
    Author of "AmeRícan".[73]
  • Georgina Lázaro, children's poet[74]
  • Muna Lee, writer
    Born in Mississippi, was the first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín.[75]
  • Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), writer[76]
  • (born 1964)[1]
  • (1934–2009), poet, philosopher, mathematician, author of La sílaba en la piel (1982)[1][77]
  • (born 1949), writer, author of Daughters of the Stone, nominated and finalist for the 2010 PEN/America Bingham Award[78]
  • Luis Lloréns Torres, poet[47]
  • Washington Llorens, journalist, writer, linguist, and scholar[65][79]
  • Luis López Nieves, writer[80]
  • Ángel Lozada, novelist[81]
  • (born 1940), short-story writer[1]

M–N[]

  • , novelist, author of Island in Harlem (1966)[24]
  • Hugo Margenat, poet
    Margenat was also the founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations "Acción Juventud Independentista" and "Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia".[82]
  • René Marqués, playwright
    Marqués wrote "La Carreta" (The Oxcart) which helped secure his reputation as a leading literary figure in Puerto Rico.[83]
  • Manuel Martínez Maldonado (born 1937), physician, poet, novelist, author of poetry books La voz sostenida and La novela del medio día and of the novel Isla Verde[84]
  • Antonio Martorell (born 1939), painter, graphic artist, writer and radio and television personality[1]
  • Nemir Matos-Cintrón, poet, novelist[85]
  • Francisco Matos Paoli, poet, critic, and essayist
    Matos Paoli was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1977. He was also a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.[86]
  • (born 1952), poet[1]
  • Concha Melendez, poet, writer[87]
  • Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, poet[24]
  • Manuel Méndez Ballester, writer[88]
  • Nancy Mercado, poet, playwright
    Mercado is the author of "It Concerns the Madness," seven theatre plays, and a number of essays. Her work has been extensively anthologized.[89]
  • Luis Muñoz Marín, politician and poet
  • Nicholasa Mohr, writer
    Her works, among which is the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Puerto Rican communities of the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States.[90][91]
  • Rosario Morales, poet, co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986)[24]
  • , short story writer and novelist, author of Hipster Death Rattle (2019) and Noiryorican (2020)[92]
  • Luis Negrón, short-story writer
    His book Mundo Cruel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014.[93]
  • Mercedes Negrón Muñoz, a.k.a. "Clara Lair", poet
    Negrón Muñoz was an influential poet whose work dealt with the everyday struggles of the common Puerto Rican.[94]
  • Urayoán Noel, poet[95]

O[]

  • Judith Ortiz Cofer, poet, writer and essayist[96]
  • Micol Ostow, author
    Ostow wrote Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane. Her novel Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age.[97]

P–Q[]

  • José Gualberto Padilla a.k.a. "El Caribe", poet[98]
  • , writer, educator, ordained minister, author of Get Out of the Dumpster! A True Story on Overcoming Limitations.[99]
  • Luis Palés Matos, poet of Afro-Caribbean themes; author of Tuntún de pasa y grifería and Pueblo negro[100]
  • Antonio S. Pedreira, writer and educator
    Pedreira's most important book was Insularismo, in which he explores the meaning of being Puerto Rican.[101]
  • Pedro Pietri, poet, playwright
    Co-founder of the Nuyorican Movement; author of Puerto Rican Obituary and The Masses Are Asses.[102]
  • Miguel Piñero, playwright, writer
    Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.[103]
  • Juan Ponce de León II, first Puerto Rican acting governor
    His written work Memorias de Melgarejo (Melgarejo's Memoirs) is one of Puerto Rico's most important historical documents.[104]
  • (born 1972)[1]

R–S[]

T–Z[]

See also[]

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External links[]

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  • Bibliografía de escritores puertorriqueños de la Generación Ochenta (Generation of the 80's).
  • Cancel, Mario R. Literatura y narrativa puertorriqueña: la escritura entre siglos. San Juan: Pasadizo, 2007.
  • Callahan, Laura. Spanish/English Codeswitching in a Written Corpus. John Benjamins Publishing, 2004.
  • López Baralt, Mercedes. Literatura Puertorriqueña del Siglo XX: Antología. San Juan: EDUPR, 2004.
  • Martínez Márquez, Alberto, and Mario Cancel. El límite volcado. Antología de la Generación de Poetas de los Ochenta. San Juan: Isla Negra, 2000.
  • Milligan, Bryce, Floricanto Sí!: A Collection of Latina Poetry. Penguin, 1998.
  • Moreira, Rubén Alejandro. Antología de la poesía puertorriqueña. Vol. I Romanticismo; Vol.II Modernismo y Postmodernismo; Vol. III Contemporánea; Vol. IV Contemporánea. San Juan: Tríptico, 1992–1993.
  • Ortega, Julio. Antología de la poesía latinoamericana del siglo XXI: el turno y la transición. México: Editorial Siglo XXI, 1997.
  • Torres, Lourdes. "In the Contact Zone: Code-Switching Strategies by Latino/a Writers", JUSTOR, 2007.
  • Stanchich, Maritza. "Insular Interventions: Diasporic Puerto Rican Literature Bilanguaging toward a Greater Puerto Rico." Ph.D. diss, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2003.
  • Torres-Padilla, José L. and Carmen Haydée Rivera. Writing Off the Hyphen: New Critical Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. University of Washington Press, 2008.
  • Zimmerman, Marc. U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography. MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
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