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Gautier Benítez was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico to Rodulfo Gautier and the Puerto Rican poet, Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier. His great-aunt, María Bibiana Benítez, was also a well known Puerto Rican poet. He was mostly influenced by the exponents of the Romantic poetry of the 19th century. [3] His great-great-uncle was José Benítez, mayor ...
Angelamaría Dávila Malavé was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico February 21, 1944.. She wrote poetry in her native Spanish before attending the Universidad de Puerto Rico in the 1960s and was a part of the Generación del 60, a prominent and revolutionary group of Puerto Rican poets, where she contributed to the literary magazine Guajana.
María Bibiana Benítez Batista (December 10, 1783 – April 18, 1873 [1] or 1875 [2][3]) was a Puerto Rican writer who was Puerto Rico's first female poet and one of its first playwrights. [4][1] She was the first of three renowned poets in her family, the others being her niece and adopted daughter Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, and ...
poet. Nationality. Puerto Rican. Lola Rodríguez de Tió (September 14, 1843 – November 10, 1924) was the first Puerto Rican -born woman poet to establish herself a reputation as a great poet throughout all of Latin America. [1] A believer in women's rights, she was also committed to the abolition of slavery and the independence of Puerto Rico.
Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), also known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and teacher. [1] As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. [2]
Meaning. The poem tells the story of a black Puerto Rican who "answers" a white-skinned Puerto Rican after the latter calls the Afro-Puerto Rican "black" and "big lipped." In his answer, the black man describes both his own African attributes while also describing the Caucasian attributes of the white Puerto Rican as well as that person's light ...
Afro-Antillano. Luis Palés Matos (March 20, 1898 – February 23, 1959) was a Puerto Rican poet who is credited with creating the poetry genre known as Afro-Antillano. He is also credited with writing the screenplay for the "Romance Tropical", the first Puerto Rican film with sound.
José Luis Vega (born June 18, 1948) is a Puerto Rican poet. Vega was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico to José Vega Serrano and Aida Esther Colón Rivera. He studied in Santurce public schools, graduating from Central High School in Santurce in 1964. That year he entered the University of Puerto Rico, where he completed undergraduate studies in ...