List of Puerto Rican writers

This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, and playwrights

A-C

*Jack Agüeros, playwright, poet and translator
*Miguel Algarín, Ph.D. (1940-), co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
*Manuel A. Alonso (1822-1889), poet and journalist
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yolanda_Arroyo_Pizarro Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro] , cuentista, novelista, ensayista.
*Iván Segarra Báez (1967-), poet
*Lefty (Manuel) Barreto, novelist, author of autobiography "Nobody's Hero" (1977)listed in Marc Zimmerman, "U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography", MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.]
*Pura Belpre
*Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier (1819-1879), poet
*Maria Bibiana Benitez (1783-1873), playwright and poet
*Dario Rilke Beniquez, poet
*Giannina Braschi (1953-), vanguard poet, Spanglish novelist, and spoken word performer
*Julia de Burgos (1914-1953), poet
*Mayra Calvani (1967-), fantasy writer
*Zenobia Camprubí (1887-1956), Spanish poet and wife of Nobel laureate [Juan Ramón Jiménez] (Puerto Rican mother)
*Nemesio Canales (1878-1923), essayist, novelist, and poet
*Luisa Capetillo
*Jaime Carrero, poet and playwright
*N. Humberto Cintrón, novelist, author of "Frankie Christo" (1972)
*Jesús Colón (1901-1974), father of "Nuyorican" movement
* [http://www.arte.uh.edu/view_book.aspx?isbn=1558853359 Joaquín Colón]
*Juan Antonio Corretjer (1908-1985), poet and journalist
*Lydia Cortes (1942-) poet, fiction writer, educator
*Nicky Cruz, novelist

D-K

*José Antonio Dávila (1898-1941), poet
*Virgilio Dávila (1869-1943), poet
*Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916-1999)
*Andrés Diaz Marrero
*Emilio Diaz Valcarcel
*José de Diego (1866-1918), poet and politician
*Caridad de la Luz "La Bruja", poet and actress
*Elizam Escobar, poet
*Martín Espada, poet
*Sandra María Esteves, poet
*Hector Feliciano, journalist and writer
*Carole Fernández, novelist, author of "Sleep of the Innocents" (1991)
*Rosario Ferré (1938-), poet and essayist
*José Angel Figueroa, poet
*Shaggy Flores (1973-), Nuyorican poet, writer, African Diaspora Scholar
*Edward Gallardo, playwright; works include those collected in "Simpson Street and Other Plays"
*Magali García Ramis (1946-), short story writer
*José Gautier Benítez (1848-1880), poet
*Jose Antonio Giovannetti (1943-), poet, playwright, motivational and inspirational writer and speaker
*José Luis González (1926-1997), novelist, short-story writer, playwright
*Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903), author of "La peregrinación de Bayoán"
*David Hernández, poet
*Victor Hernández Cruz, poet
*Adolfo Jiménez Benítez, essayist, medievalist investigator

L-P

*Pedro Juan Labarthe, novelist, author of "The Son of Two Nations: The Private Life of a Columbia Student" (1931)
*Enrique Laguerre (1905-2005), nominated for Nobel Prize in literature
*Tato Laviera (1951-), Nuyorican poet
*Georgina Lázaro, children's poet
*Muna Lee, Mississippi-born writer, first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín
*Vanesa Littlecrow
*Luis Llorens Torres, poet
*Luis López Nieves
*Carmen Lugo Filippi, short-story writer
*Manuel Manrique, novelist, author of "Island in Harlem" (1966)
*René Marqués, playwright
*Antonio Martorell
*Julio Marzán, poet
*Francisco Matos Paoli, poet
*Concha Melendez, poet
*Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, poet
*Nancy Mercado, Ph.D., poet, playwright
*Manuel Méndez Ballester
*Luis Muñoz Marín, poet, journalist, and politicianManuel Martinez-Maldonado [1937-] , physician, poet, novelist. Poetry: La Voz Sostenida; La Novela del Medio Dia. Novel: Isla Verde.
*Carmen de Miraflores, novelist
*Nicholasa Mohr, novelist
*Aurora Levins Morales, poet, co-author of "Getting Home Alive" (1986)
*Rosario Morales, poet, co-author of "Getting Home Alive" (1986)
*Mercedes Negron Muñoz, "Clara Lair", poet
*Judith Ortiz Cofer (1952-), essayist, poet and novelist
*Luis Palés Matos (1898-1959), poet of Afro-Caribbean themes
*Myrna Nieves, Ph.D. (1950 -] Poet, essayist, memorist, literary critic.
*Pedro Pietri (1944-2004), poet, playwright, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
*Miguel Piñero (1946–1988), playwright, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
*George Pérez (1954-), comic book writer
*Carmen M. Pursifull, poet

R-Z

*Manuel Ramos Otero, poet
*Luis Rechani Agrait
*Evaristo Ribera Chevremont, Poet
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E5DE1130F932A3575AC0A9679C8B63 Edward Rivera] , novelist, author of "Family Installments: Memories of Growing Up Hispanic" (1983)
*José Rivera (1955-), playwright, first Puerto Rican nominated for an Academy Award in "Best Adopted Screenplay" category
*Oswaldo Rivera, novelist, author of "Fire and Rain" (1990)
*Abraham Rodríguez, Jr., short story author; works include "Ashes to Ashes" (1989)
*Leonardo Rodríguez, short story author; works include "The Have to Be Puerto Ricans" (1988)
*Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1848-1924), poet, wrote lyrics to the revolutionary "Borinqueña"
*Edgardo Rodríguez Juliá (1946-), essayist and novelist
*Richard Ruíz, novelist, author of "The Hungry American" (1978)
*Luis Rafael Sánchez (1936-), playwright
*Manuel San Miguel Griffo, poet, historian of Spanish colonial fortifications
*Manuel San Miguel Nazario, poet
*Esmeralda Santiago (1948-), novelist and memoirist
*Mayra Santos-Febres (1966-), poet
*Pedro Juan Soto, novelist (and father of slain indepedence activist Carlos Soto Arriví)
*Clemente Soto Vélez (1905-1993), poet and activist
*Clementina Souchet, novelist, author of "Clementina: Historia sin fin" (1986)
*Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (1826-1882), poet and "father of Puerto Rican Literature"
*Piri Thomas (1928-), poet and novelist
*Edwin Torres (1931-), author of "Carlito's Way" (and New York Supreme Court Justice)
*Edwin Torres (1965-), Nuyorican poet and novelist
*Diego de Torres Vargas, author of "Descripción de la Ciudad e Isla de Puerto Rico" (1647)
*Luz María Umpierre, poet
* [Hector Varela] , Historical Fiction (Affinity for Trouble-A Puerto Rican Story)2006
Ana Lydia Vega (1946-), short-story writer
*Bernardo Vega, novelist, author of "The Memoirs of Bernardo Vega" (1977, English ed. 1984)
*Ed Vega (a.k.a. Edgardo Vega Yunqué), novelist
*José Luis Vega, poet and anthologist
*William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), modernist poet (Puerto Rican mother)
*Manuel Zeno Gandía (1855 – 1930), novelist, author of "La Charca", the first Puerto Rican novel

References

Myrna Nieves, Ph.D. (1950 -) Poet,memorist, critic.

See also

* List of Latin American writers
* List of Puerto Ricans
* Puerto Rican literature
*Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
*Before Columbus Foundation

External references

*Marc Zimmerman, "U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography", MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
*Edna Acosta-Belén, "Puerto Rican Literature in the United States," in "Redefining American Literary History", Ed. A. LaVonne Brown Ruoff and Jerry W. Ward, MLA, 1990.