Pedro J. Labarthe
Appearance
Pedro J. Labarthe | |
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Born | Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria 21 June 1905 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Died | March 1966 San Juan, Puerto Rico[1] |
Occupation | |
Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria (21 June 1905 – March 1966[2]) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, essayist, and novelist.[3]
Birth place, training and life
[edit]Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1905.[4] He moved from Puerto Rico to New York City to study at Columbia University as an adult. He earned professional success and embraced the American way of life,[5] and subsequently wrote various books and essays documenting the experiences of the Puerto Rican migration to New York.
Books
[edit]The following are books written by Labarthe:[6]
- The Son of Two Nations: The Private Life of a Columbia Student. (1931)
- Antología de Poetas Contemporaneos de Puerto Rico. (1946)
- Mary Smith. (1958)
- Pueblo: Golgota del Espiritu. (1938)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Armando Torres León. Los Municipios de Puerto Rico y Su Historia y Su Cultura: PONCE, La Perla del Sur. Santurce, Puerto Rico: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico. Programa Regular de Educación. Programa Editorial. Celeste Benitez, Secretaria de Educación. 1992. p. 155.
- ^ The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature: The twentieth century. Ed. by Roberto González Echevarría and Enrique Pupo-Walker
- ^ Ponceños Ilustres. Municipality of Ponce. Archived 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico". Archived from the original on 14 September 2004. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). - ^ The Literature of the Puerto Rican Migration in the United States: An Annotated Bibliography. By Edna Acosta-Belen. In ADE Bulletin. (Vol. 091 (Winter 1988), Pages 56-62)
- ^ Arte Público Hispanic Historical Collection: Series 1.