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Authors, Historians, Playwrights, and Poets






Authors




  • Dr. Hector Feliciano - Author, Feliciano's book "The Lost Museum: The Nazi Conspiracy to Steal the World's Greatest Works of Art" has shed a light on an estimated 20,000 looted works; each one is owned by a museum or a collector somewhere.


  • Dr. Rosario Ferré - Writer. Among her published literary essays is "Sitio a Eros", which promoted political and social themes.





  • Dr. Concha Melendez - Writer, poet. She was the first woman to belong to the Puerto Rican Academy of Languages.


  • Micol Ostow - Author, Ostow wrote of "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.


  • Dr. Antonio S. Pedreira - Writer and educator, Pedreira's most important book was "Insularismo", in which he explores the meaning of being Puerto Rican.


  • Marie Teresa Rios - Author, Rios wrote the novel "The Fifteenth Pelican," which was the basis for the popular 1960s television sitcom, "The Flying Nun".


  • Piri Thomas - Writer, poet, Thomas' autobiography "Down These Mean Streets" was a best-seller.


  • Edwin Torres - Writer, New York Supreme Court Justice who wrote "Carlito's Way".



Historians


  • Dr. Delma S. Arrigoitia - Historian, author, Arrigoitia was the first person in the University of Puerto Rico to earn a Masters Degree in the field of history.


  • 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).


  • Salvador Brau - Historian, Second Official Historian of Puerto Rico.





'Playwrights


  • Francisco Arriví - Writer, poet, and playwright Arriví known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater".


  • René Marqués - Playwright, Marqués wrote "La Carreta" (The Oxcart) which helped secure his reputation as a leading literary figure in Puerto Rico


  • Miguel Piñero - Playwright, writer, Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.


  • José Rivera - Playwright; the first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an Oscar.



Poets



  • Dr. Manuel A. Alonso - Poet, journalist and writer. He is the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance.


  • Julia de Burgos - Poet, Burgos is considered by many as the greatest poet to have been born in Puerto Rico.


  • 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.



  • Juan Antonio Corretjer - Poet, Corretjer was also a journalist and pro-independence political activist who opposed United States rule in Puerto Rico.



  • Virgilio Dávila - Poet, Dávila is considered by many to be one of Puerto Rico's greatest representatives of the modern literary era.


  • Jose Gautier Benitez - Poet, Gautier Benítez is considered by many to be Puerto Rico's best poet of the Romantic Era.



  • 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


  • Luis Lloréns Torres - Poet, playwright, and politician. He was an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico.


  • Caridad de la Luz, a.k.a. "La Bruja" - Poet, She is also the writer/actor of "Boogie Rican Blvd".


  • 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.


  • Hugo Margenat - Poet, Margenat was also the founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations "Acción Juventud Independentista" and "Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia".


  • Dr. José Gualberto Padilla, a.k.a. "El Caribe" - Poet, physician, journalist and politician, an advocate for Puerto Rico's independence, Padilla was imprisoned for his role in El Grito de Lares revolt.



  • Pedro Pietri - Poet, playwright, Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.


  • Mercedes Negron 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.









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