Poetry Puerto Rican literature

1 poetry

1.1 poetry
1.2 nationalism
1.3 universal lyricism

poetry
early poetry

lola rodríguez de tió

maría bibiana benítez puerto rico s first woman poet , playwright. in 1832 published first poem la ninfa de puerto rico . niece alejandrina benítez de gautier, aguinaldo puertorriqueño , published in 1843, gave recognition of being 1 of island s great poets. alejandrina s son josé gautier benítez considered many puerto rico s greatest romantic-era poet. lola rodríguez de tió poet wrote lyrics revolutionary la borinqueña used revolutionists in grito de lares. poets josé de diego, virgilio dávila, luis lloréns torres, nemesio canales, francisco matos paoli, juan antonio corretjer, clemente soto vélez , hugo margenat independence advocates wrote poems patriotic inspired themes.

nationalism

in 1928, soto vélez alfredo margenat (father of hugo margenat), pedro carrasquillo, graciany miranda archilla, fernando gonzález alberti, luis hernández aquino, samuel lugo, juan calderón escobar , antonio cruz nieves founded group el atalaya de los dioses turned literary movement known atalayismo. el grupo atalaya movement sought connect poetic/literary world political action , of members, including soto vélez became involved puerto rican nationalist party.

universal lyricism

mercedes negrón muñoz wrote under name clara lair , published arras de cristal in 1937. in poem describes everyday struggles of common puerto rican. however, julia de burgos considered many 1 of greatest poets born in puerto rico , later lived in new york. inspiration spurred love of puerto rico reflected in poem río grande de loíza . other important lyric poets of twentieth century include luis palés matos, luis lloréns torres, , evaristo ribera chevremont.

in scholarly book evaristo ribera chevremont: voz de vanguardia, carmen irene marxuach has argued while several of ribera chevremont s dozens of published books treat subjects of puerto rican nationality , regionalism, majority of verses move away folkloric subject matter , excel in more universal lyricism. robert márquez s anthology puerto rican poetry: selection aboriginal contemporary times offers useful overview , translation english of many of important puerto rican poets. in 1969, victor hernández cruz became first hispanic poet published mainstream publishing house when random house published poem snaps . in 1981, life magazine named him 1 of america s (us) greatest poets.