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1901–1974 · Juana Díaz · Poet • Educator

Poet and educator born in 1901 in Juana Díaz. He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a bachelor's degree in arts and education in 1927 and later earned a master's degree in letters. In 1944, he received a doctorate in philosophy and letters from the Autonomous University of Mexico. Among his best-known works are Tres Baladas en Luna de Vísperas (1954), Siete Caminos en Luna de Sueños (1957), and Los Nísperos del Alba Maduraron (1959). He died October 3, 1974, in San Juan.