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Judith Ortiz Cofer (February 24, 1952 – December 30, 2016 [2]) was a Puerto Rican author. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Her critically acclaimed and award-winning work spans a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and young-adult fiction.
In his book José, Can You See?, Alberto Sandoval-Sánchez mentions Cofer's trouble with the stereotyping, but also highlights that she uses the term "Latino" as an identity marker, which shows that she "not only embraces other Latino ethnicities in the U.S., she also engages in the deconstruction of Latina stereotypes in Hollywood and in the media". [2]
The Line of the Sun, titled La Línea del Sol in the Spanish translation, is a 1989 novel written by Puerto Rican-American author Judith Ortiz Cofer. The story spans three decades, beginning in the late 1930s and ending in the 1960s. [1] The novel is Ortiz Cofer's main work of prose, and its publication helped broaden her readership. [2]
Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), poet, writer and essayist; in 1994, became the first Hispanic to win the O. Henry Prize for her story "The Latin Deli"; in 1996, she and illustrator Susan Guevara became the first recipients of the Pura Belpre Award for Hispanic children's literature [102] [129]
Bernardo Vega, novelist, author of The Memoirs of Bernardo Vega (1977, English ed. 1984) [24] Edgardo Vega Yunqué or Ed Vega, novelist [138] Irene Vilar, author and literary agent. Vilar is the granddaughter of independence activist Lolita Lebrón. [139] Alfredo Villanueva Collado, poet [140] William Carlos Williams (Puerto Rican mother ...
Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952–2016), Puerto Rican poet and author; Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist; Wanda Coleman (1946–2013), African-US poet; Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849), English poet, biographer and essayist; Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), English novelist, essayist and poet
Spanish mini-major Filmax has picked up international sales rights to “Teresa,” the new feature by Paula Ortiz (”The Bride,” ”Across the River and Into the Trees”), a fictional story ...
In addition, he produced volumes of short and epic poems as well as prose works. For this fecundity, Cervantes nicknamed him the "Monster of Nature". [1] His example crystallized the style of Spanish comedias for generations. Over 50 English translations of Lope's plays have been published, all but three of them after 1900.