Marta Magaly Quiñones Perez (born 1945) is a Puerto Rican poet.
Quiñones was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1945. [1] She began working as a librarian at the University of Puerto Rico in 1973 and earned a Masters of Comparative Literature from the university in 1981. [1]
She has written poetry, short stories, essays, criticisms and reviews, including at least 14 published volumes. [1] [2] She published her first collection of poems, Entre mi voz y el tiempo, in 1969. [3] Her 1985 poetry collection, Nombrar, was honored with a Puerto Rican PEN Club award and a prize from publisher Ediciones Mairena. [4] Her poetry often explores the complicated nature of Caribbean identity. [5] From 2020 to 2024 various personalities and cultural institutions support the movement for Magaly Quiñones to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Marta Magaly Quiñones Perez (born 1945) is a Puerto Rican poet.
Quiñones was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1945. [1] She began working as a librarian at the University of Puerto Rico in 1973 and earned a Masters of Comparative Literature from the university in 1981. [1]
She has written poetry, short stories, essays, criticisms and reviews, including at least 14 published volumes. [1] [2] She published her first collection of poems, Entre mi voz y el tiempo, in 1969. [3] Her 1985 poetry collection, Nombrar, was honored with a Puerto Rican PEN Club award and a prize from publisher Ediciones Mairena. [4] Her poetry often explores the complicated nature of Caribbean identity. [5] From 2020 to 2024 various personalities and cultural institutions support the movement for Magaly Quiñones to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.