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María Bibiana Benítez
María Bibiana Benítez Bautista (December 10, 1783 – April 18, 1873 or 1875) was Puerto Rico's first female poet and one of its first playwrights. She was the first of three renowned poets in her family, the others being her niece and adopted daughter Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, and Alejandrina's son José Gautier Benítez.
Early years.
Benítez was born in the town of Aguadilla to José Benítez Bermudez and Juana Constanza Bautista Rodriguez. She was the eldest of six brothers and sisters
for Myself"), "El Mundo", San Juan, December 13, 1981.
- "Se esclarece mi casa" ("My House Lights Up"), "El Mundo", San Juan, November 8, 1981, p.s. de María Bibiana Benítez, María Bibiana Benítez' Silences", San Juan, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, 1985, 70 pp.
See also.
- List of Latin American writers
- List of Puerto Rican writers
- List of Puerto Ricans