of the Romantic Era. David Gonzalez, award-winning journalist and photographer at the New York Times. José Luis González, writer. One of the most prominent writers of the 20th century, particularly for his "El país de cuatro pisos" (1980). Migene González-Wippler, new-age author, prominent Santería expert. Manuel González Pató, educator and writer in the field of athletics H–K Victor Hernández Cruz, poet. In 1969, Hernández Cruz became the first Hispanic to be published by a mainstream publishing house when Random House published his poem "Snaps". In 1981, Life Magazine named him one of America's (US) greatest poets. Eugenio María de Hostos a.k.a. "El Ciudadano de las Américas" (The Citizen of the Americas), educator, philosopher, intellectual, lawyer, sociologist, and independence advocate. Quiara Alegría Hudes, playwright and author. She is best known for writing the book for the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. José de Jesús Esteves, poet, lawyer, and judge Zoé Jiménez Corretjer, poet, author L Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, writer. Author of "Uñas pintadas de azul/Blue Fingernails". Enrique A. Laguerre, writer. Laguerre was nominated for a Nobel Prize in literature. Eduardo Lalo (born 1960), writer. Author of "Simone". Elidio La Torre-Lagares (born 1965), poet, novelist, essayist, author of Vicios de construcción (2008) Tato Laviera, poet. Author of "AmeRícan". Georgina Lázaro, children's poet Muna Lee, writer. Born in Mississippi, she was the first wife of Luis Muñoz Marín. Aurora Levins Morales (born 1954), writer José Liboy Erba (Pepe Liboy) (born 1964) José María Lima (1934–2009), poet, philosopher, mathematician, author of La sílaba en la piel (1982) Dahlma Llanos Figueroa (born 1949), writer, author of Daughters of the Stone, nominee and finalist for the 2010 PEN/America Bingham Award Luis Lloréns Torres, poet Washington Llorens, journalist, writer, linguist, and scholar Luis López Nieves, writer Ángel Lozada, novelist Carmen Lugo Filippi (born 1940), short-story writer M–N Manuel Manrique, novelist, author of Island in Harlem (1966) Hugo Margenat, poet. Margenat was also the founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations "Acción Juventud Independentista" and "Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia". René Marqués, playwright. Marqués wrote "La Carreta" ("The Oxcart"), which helped secure his reputation as a leading literary figure in Puerto Rico. Manuel Martínez Maldonado (born 1937), physician, poet, novelist, author of poetry books La voz sostenida and La novela del medio día and of the novel Isla Verde Antonio Martorell (born 1939), painter, graphic artist, writer and radio and television personality Nemir Matos-Cintrón, poet, novelist Francisco