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1900–1991 · Barceloneta · Literature • Poetry

Poet • Novelist • Essayist • Literary Critic José Agustín Balseiro became one of Puerto Rico's most respected literary figures. He authored numerous books of poetry, novels, and literary criticism, and in 1931 became the first—and still only—Puerto Rican elected unanimously to the Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española). He later helped found the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language and taught at several universities in the United States.