de Cultura Puertorriqueña is named after her. It is located in the Casa Dra. Concha Melendez Ramirez, her home from 1940 until her death, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark. Every year the Coalition of Hispanic American Women of Miami, selects five high school graduates, who will receive the Elena Mederos/Concha Melendez Scholarship for their outstanding academic records. Puerto Rico has a school in San Juan named after her and in Virginia there is also a high school named after her. See also Puerto Rican poetry List of Puerto Rican writers List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Rican literature History of women in Puerto Rico References External links Concha Melendez recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on June 12, 1979 1895 births 1983 deaths American women poets Columbia University alumni National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni People from Caguas, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican educators Puerto Rican poets Puerto Rican women writers University of Puerto Rico faculty 20th-century American poets 20th-century American women writers American women academics