List of Puerto Rican women writers

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This is a list of women writers who were born in Puerto Rico or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born 1940), historian, non-fiction writer
• Isabel Andreu de Aguilar (1887–1948), suffragist, feminist writer
• Delma S. Arrigoitia (born 1945), historian, biographer
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970), novelist, short story writer, essayist

B

• Janette Becerra (born 1965), short story writer, poet, critic
• Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier (1819–1879), poet
• María Bibiana Benítez (1783–1873), Puerto Rico's first female poet, playwright
• Giannina Braschi (born 1953), novelist, poet, essayist, playwright
• Julia de Burgos (1914–1953), acclaimed poet, activist

C

• Zenobia Camprubí (1887–1956), Spanish-born poet, diarist, translator
• Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), anarchist, feminist writer
• Caridad de la Luz (born 1977), Nuyorican poet, actress, activist
• Edna Coll (1906–2002), educator, writer of literary works
• Isabel Cuchí Coll (1904–1993), playwright, short story writer, journalist, non-fiction writer

E

• Sandra María Esteves (born 1948), Nuyorican poet, artist

F

• Rosario Ferré (born 1938), novelist, essayist, poet, educator
• Isabel Freire de Matos (1915–2004), educator, journalist, children's writer, independence activist

G

• Gilda Galán (1917–2009), actress, playwright, poet
• Magali García Ramis (born 1946), short story writer, journalist, novelist, essayist
• Migene González-Wippler, since the 1980s: books on the Santería religious sect in Spanish and English

J

• Zoé Jiménez Corretjer, since the 1980s: poet, short story writer, essayist

L

• Georgina Lázaro (born 1965), journalist, novelist, poet, children's writer
• Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), poet, biographer, non-fiction writer, feminist
• Teresita A. Levy (born 1970), educator, historian, author of The History of Tobacco Cultivation in Puerto Rico, 1898-1940, a study of the tobacco-growing regions in the eastern and western highlands of Puerto Rico, is the first book to tell how Puerto Ricans challenged United States officials and fought successfully for legislation that benefited the island. Her book has been praised by scholars.^[1][2]

M

• Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949), poet
• Concha Meléndez (1895–1983), poet, essayist, educator
• Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), Nuyorican novelist, children's writer, short story writer
• Rosario Morales (1930–2011), poet, essayist, raised in New York City

N

• Vionette Negretti (born 1947), journalist, writer
• Frances Negrón-Muntaner (born 1966), film-maker, literary critic, essayist, screenwriter
• Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (1895–1973), poet

O

• Ana María O'Neill (1894–1981), educator, women's rights activist, non-fiction author
• Judith Ortiz Cofer (born 1952), poet, short story writer, essayist, children's writer, autobiographer, educator

P

• Olivia Paoli (1855–1942), suffragist, magazine editor

S

• Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948), novelist, memoirist, actress
• Mayra Santos-Febres (born 1966), poet, essayist, short story writer, novelist
• Mercedes Sola (1879–1923), educator, women's rights activist, feminist writer

U

• Luz María Umpierre (born 1947), poet, critic, human rights activist

V

• Lourdes Vázquez, since the 1980s: short story writer, novelist, poet essayist
• Ana Lydia Vega (born 1946), acclaimed short story writer, essayist
• Irene Vilar (born c.1969), editor, memoirist, author of The Ladies' Gallery: A Memoir of Family Secrets

Z

• Iris Zavala (born 1936), poet, novelist, essayist, non-fiction writer, educator

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Puerto Rican writers
• List of Spanish-language authors

References