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1938–Present · Ponce · Writer • Poet • Essayist

Writer, poet, and essayist born in 1938 in Ponce. In 1960, she completed her studies in English literature at Manhattanville College and later earned a master's degree in Spanish and Latin American literature from the University of Puerto Rico. During the 1970s, she began writing and served as an editor for Zona de Carga y Descarga magazine. She later became a regular contributor to the newspapers El Nuevo Día and The San Juan Star. Her works include Maldito Amor, Papeles de Pandora, La Casa de la Laguna (1996), and Vecindarios Excéntricos (1998). Maldito Amor received the Liberatur Prize in 1992.