M Hugo Margenat (1933–1957), poet; founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations Acción Juventud Independentista and Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia René Marqués (1919–1979), playwright; wrote La Carreta (The Oxcart), which helped secure his reputation as a leading literary figure in Puerto Rico Nemir Matos Cintrón (born 1949), poet, novelistRodríguez-Matos, Carlos Antonio. "Matos-Cintrón, Nemir." In Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes, ed. David William Foster, pp. 216–17. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000), poet, critic, and essayist; nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1977; a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Concha Meléndez (1895–1983), poet, writer Manuel Méndez Ballester (1909–2002), writer Nancy Mercado (born 1959), poet, playwright; author of It Concerns the Madness, seven theatre plays, and a number of essays; her work has been extensively anthologized Pedro Mir (1913–2000), Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic (Puerto Rican mother) Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), writer; her works, among which is the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States; in 1973, became the first Hispanic woman in modern times to have her literary works published by the major commercial publishing houses; has had the longest career as a creative writer for these publishing houses of any Hispanic female writer Rosario Morales (1930–2011), author; co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986) with her daughter Aurora Levins MoralesAnderson, Kelly. Rosario Morales (Interview). Voices of Feminism Oral History Project. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; accessed December 15, 2014.
M Hugo Margenat (1933–1957), poet; founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations Acción Juventud Independentista and Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia René Marqués (1919–1979), playwright; wrote La Carreta (The Oxcart), which helped secure his reputation as a leading literary figure in Puerto Rico Nemir Matos Cintrón (born 1949), poet, novelistRodrígue:z-Matos, Carlos Antonio. "Matos-Cintrón, Nemir." In Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes, ed. David William Foster, pp. 216–17. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994. Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000), poet, critic, and essayist; nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1977; a Secretary General of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Concha Meléndez (1895–1983), poet, writer Manuel Méndez Ballester (1909–2002), writer Nancy Mercado (born 1959), poet, playwright; author of It Concerns the Madness, seven theatre plays, and a number of essays; her work has been extensively anthologized Pedro Mir (1913–2000), Poet Laureate of the Dominican Republic (Puerto Rican mother) Nicholasa Mohr (born 1938), writer; her works, among which is the novel Nilda, tell of growing up in the Bronx and El Barrio and of the difficulties Puerto Rican women face in the United States; in 1973, became the first Hispanic woman in modern times to have her literary works published by the major commercial publishing houses; has had the longest career as a creative writer for these publishing houses of any Hispanic female writer Rosario Morales (1930–2011), author; co-author of Getting Home Alive (1986) with her daughter Aurora Levins MoralesAnderson, Kelly. Rosario Morales (Interview). Voices of Feminism Oral History Project. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; accessed December 15, 2014.