Matos Paoli, poet, critic, and essayist. Matos Paoli was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1977. He was also a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. Joserramón Melendes (born 1952), poet Concha Melendez, poet, writer Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, poet Manuel Méndez Ballester, writer Nancy Mercado, poet, playwright. Mercado is the author of "It Concerns the Madness," seven theatre plays, and a number of essays. Her work has been extensively anthologized. Luis Muñoz Marín, politician and poet Nicholasa Mohr, writer. Her works, including the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Puerto Rican communities of the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States. Rosario Morales, poet, co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986) Richie Narvaez, short story writer and novelist, author of Hipster Death Rattle (2019) and Noiryorican (2020) Luis Negrón, short-story writer. His book Mundo Cruel won the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards in 2014. Mercedes Negrón Muñoz, a.k.a. "Clara Lair", poet. Negrón Muñoz was an influential poet whose work dealt with the everyday struggles of the common Puerto Rican. Urayoán Noel, poet O Judith Ortiz Cofer, poet, writer and essayist Micol Ostow, author. Ostow wrote Mind Your Manners, Dick and Jane. Her novel Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa was named a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. P–Q José Gualberto Padilla a.k.a. "El Caribe", poet Reggie R. Padin, writer, educator, ordained minister, author of Get Out of the Dumpster! A True Story on Overcoming Limitations. Luis Palés Matos, poet of Afro-Caribbean themes; author of Tuntún de pasa y grifería and Pueblo negro Antonio S. Pedreira, writer and educator. Pedreira's most important book was Insularismo, in which he explores the meaning of being Puerto Rican. Pedro Pietri, poet, playwright. Co-founder of the Nuyorican Movement; author of Puerto Rican Obituary and The Masses Are Asses. Miguel Piñero, playwright, writer. Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Juan Ponce de León II, first Puerto Rican acting governor<. His written work Memorias de Melgarejo (Melgarejo's Memoirs) is one of Puerto Rico's most important historical documents. Juan Carlos Quiñones (born 1972) R–S Manuel Ramos Otero, short story writer, poet and essayist; author of Página en blanco y staccato. Evaristo Ribera Chevremont, poet Marie Teresa Ríos, author. Author of the novel The Fifteenth Pelican, which was the basis for the popular 1960s television