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Julia Constanza Burgos García (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953), also known as Julia de Burgos, was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and teacher.[1][2][3][4] As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.[5] She was also a civil rights activistfor women and African and Afro-Caribbean writers.
Early years
[edit]Julia de Burgos (birth name: Julia Constanza Burgos García) was born to Francisco Burgos Hans, a farmer, and Paula García de Burgos.[6] Her father was a member of the Puerto Rico National Guard and had a farm near the town of Carolina, Puerto Rico, where she was born. The family later moved to the barrio of Santa Cruz of the same city. She was the oldest of thirteen children. Six of her younger siblings died of malnutrition. Her first work was Río Grande de Loíza.[5]
After Burgos graduated from Muñoz Rivera Primary School in 1928, her family moved to Rio Piedras, where she was awarded a scholarship to attend University High School.[5] In 1931, she enrolled in University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus to become a teacher.
In 1933, at the age of 19, Burgos graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a degree in teaching. She became a teacher and taught at Feijoo Elementary School in Barrio Cedro Arriba of Naranjito, Puerto Rico. She also worked as writer for a children's program on public radio, but was reportedly fired for her political beliefs.[5] Among her early influences were Luis Lloréns Torres, Mercedes Negrón Muñoz, Rafael Alberti and Pablo Neruda. According to Burgos, "My childhood was all a poem in the river, and a river in the poem of my first dreams."[5]
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- ^ "Julia De Burgos". IMDb.
- ^ Bio. Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ^ "Latin America Today". Archived from the original on October 2, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos. Curbstone Books; 1st edition (January 1997). 1997. ISBN 1-880684-24-1.
- ^ Burgos, Julia de (2015). Cartas a Consuelo. San Juan: Folium. ISBN 978-0-9826317-8-2.