This is a list of Puerto Rican literary figures, including poets, novelists, short story authors, and playwrights. It includes people who were born in Puerto Rico, people who are of Puerto Rican ancestry, and long-term residents or immigrants who have made Puerto Rico their home, and who are recognized for their literary work. A Manuel Abreu Adorno (1955–1984), novelist Rafael Acevedo (born 1960), poet, playwright, fiction writer Moisés Agosto Rosario (born 1965), poet and author Alfredo M. Aguayo, educator and writer (1866–1948). Established the first laboratory of child psychology at the University of Havana. Jack Agüeros (1934–2014), author, playwright, poet and translator Miguel Algarín (1941–2020), poet, writer. Co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Manuel A. Alonso (1822–1889), poet and author. Considered by many to be the first Puerto Rican writer of notable importance. Aldo Alvarez, short-story writer Silvia Álvarez Curbelo (born 1940), writer and historian Alba Ambert, novelist. In 1996 Ambert became the first Hispanic author to win the Carey McWilliams Award for Multicultural Literature, presented by the Multicultural Review, for her novel A Perfect Silence. Marta Aponte Alsina (born 1945), storyteller, novelist and literary critic Pedro I. Aponte Vázquez, historian, journalist, social scientist, professor and writer Author of ¡Yo Acuso! Tortura y Asesinato de Don Pedro Albizu Campos.; Pedro Albizu Campos: Su persecución por el F.B.I.; Crónica de un encubrimiento: Albizu Campos y el caso Rhoads.; Locura por decreto: El papel de Luis Muñoz Marín y José Trías Monge en el diagnóstico de locura de don Pedro Albizu Campos.; El ataque Nacionalista a La Fortaleza; The Unsolved Case of Dr. Cornelius P. Rhoads: An Indictment.; Transición [short stories]; La hacienda; "Necator Americanus: O sobre la fisiología del caso Rhoads" Delma S. Arrigoitia, historian, author<. Arrigoitia was the first person at the University of Puerto Rico to earn a master's degree in the field of history. In 2010, her book, Puerto Rico Por Encima de Todo: Vida y Obra de Antonio R. Barcelo, 1868–1938, was recognized among the best in the category of "research and criticism" and awarded a first place prize by the Ateneo Puertorriqueño. Francisco Arriví, writer, poet, and playwright. Arriví is known as "The Father of the Puerto Rican Theater". Rane Arroyo, poet, playwright and scholar Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970), an award-winning Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer and essayist. B–C Lefty (Manuel) Barreto, novelist, author of the autobiography Nobody's Hero (1977) Janette Becerra, short-story writer,