| Pedro J. Labarthe | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria 21 June 1905 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | March 1966 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Occupation | |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria (21 June 1905 – March 1966) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, essayist, and novelist.
Birth place, training and life
Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1905. 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, and subsequently wrote various books and essays documenting the experiences of the Puerto Rican migration to New York.
Books
The following are books written by Labarthe:
- 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
References
- 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.
{{cite web}}: 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.