project after Gautier Benítez. The island–municipality of Vieques honored him by naming its public library the José Gautier Benítez Public Library. In the municipality of Hatillo an elementary school was named after him. The song "Lamento Borincano", from Rafael Hernández mentions Gautier Benítez in it "Borinquen, la tierra del edén. La que al cantar, el gran Gautier llamó la perla de los mares." In 2019 construction began on the José Gautier Benítez Development, a mixed-income residential area in Caguas. See also List of Puerto Rican writers List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Rican literature French immigration to Puerto Rico Note References 1851 births 1880 deaths Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican male writers People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican people of French descent Tuberculosis deaths in Puerto Rico 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Puerto Rican Army personnel 19th-century American poets American male poets 19th-century American male writers