biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1914–53)
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| biography:
| Poet and teacher, born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, USA. One of Puerto Rico's leading 20th-c poets, influenced by Pablo Neruda, she was a prominent member of the literary Vanguard movement in San Juan in the late 1930s. Her best-known poem, ‘Río Grande de Loiza’, was written before she moved to New York City, where she spent her last years. Over the years she supported herself with a variety of jobs including teaching. In addition, she was often supported by the wealthy men in her life. |
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