Birth date: 1946
Birthplace: Santurce, Puerto Rico
Education: She attended the University of Puerto Rico and received her PhD from the University of Provence.
Professional Career: She is a professor of French and francophone literature at the University of Puerto, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. She also writes a column for the El Nuevo Dia in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has won numerous awards including: Premio del Círculo de Escritores Iberoamericanos de Nueva York, 1979; Casa de las Américas Prize, Havana, Cuba, 1982, for Encancaranublado y otros cuentos de naufragio; Best Short Story Collection, PEN Puerto Rico, 1982, for Vírgenes y Mártires, Juan Rulfo International Award, 1984, for Pasión de historia; Pushcart Prize, 1986, for Letra para salsa; and the John S. Guggenheim Foundation scholarship in 1989.

Works

FERRE, Rosario

Birth Date: 1942
Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Education: She received her MA from the University of Puerto Rico and her PhD from the University of Maryland.
Professional Career: Ferre is the founder and director of Zona de carga y descarga, A Latin American Journal devoted to new Puerto Rican literature. She was nominated for the National Book Award in 1996 for The House on the Lagoon.

Works

• Flight of the Swan. New York: Farrar, Straus, 2001.
• Papeles de Pandora. New York: Vintage, 2000.
• La extrana muerte del Capitancito Candelario. Plaza & Janes Editores, 1999.
• Eccentric Neighborhood. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1998.
• Pico Rico Mandorico y Otros Cuentos. Santillana Publishing Company, 1997.
• La Sapita Sabia y Otros Cuentos. Santillana Publishing Company, 1997.
• La Casa de la Laguna. New York: Vintage Books, 1997.
• El Sombrero Magico. Santillana Publishing Company, 1997.
• Sweet Diamond Dust and Other Stories. New York: Plume, 1996.
• The House on the Lagoon. New York :Farrar, Straus, 1995.
• La batalla de las virgenes. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1993.
• El coloquio de las perras. Literal Books, 1992.
• Las dos Venecias. Joaquin Mortiz, 1992.
• Cortaza. Washington, DC, Literal 1991.
• El cucarachita Martina. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1990.
• El arbol y sus sombras. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura 1989.
• Sonatinas, Río Piedras. Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1989.
• La caja de cristal. Mexico City: La Maquina de Escribir 1982.
• La mona que le pisaron la cola. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1981.
• Los cuentos de Juan Bobo. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1980.
• La muneca menor/The Youngest Doll. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1980.
• El medio pollito: Siete cuentos infantiles. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico: Ediciones Huracan, 1976.

NOLLA, Olga

Birth date: 1938
Birthplace: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Education:
Professional Career: Nolla is a journalist and poet.

Works

• El caballero del yip colorado. Editorial Cultura, 2000.
• El manuscrito de Miramar. Mexico CityAlfaguara, 1998.
• El castillo de la memoria. New York: Vintage, 1996.
• Dulce hombre prohibido. Editorial Cultural, 1994.
• Le segunda hija, San Juna. Puerto Rico: Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1992.
• Porque nos queremos tanto. Buenos Aires: Ediciones de la Flor, 1989.
• Dafne en el mes de marzo. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Playor, 1989.
• Clave de sol. San Juan. Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1979.
• El sombrero de plata. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Palabra de Mujer, 1976.
• El ojo de la tormenta. San Juan: Puerto Rico: Palabra de Mujer, 1976.
• De lo familiar. Buenos Aires: Dead Weight, 1973.

SANTIAGO, Esmeralda

Birth date: 1948
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Education: She received an A.B. from Harvard University and her M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College.
Professional Career: Santiago is a journalist, memoirist, and novelist. She worked for the H/M Multi Media Co. in  Boston, MA as a producer from 1975-76 and has been the co-founder and president of Cantomedia Corp. in Boston since 1977. She has also been an advisor for the Massachusetts Film Bureau since 1984, and the Massachusetts Cultural Alliance since 1986. She is an advisor and appointed member of the Massachusetts Small Business Advice Council, and a member of the Radcliffe Quarterly advisory board. Santiago has also been a member of the board of directors for Alianza Hispana in Roxbury, MA since 1986. She was awarded the Silver Award, International Film and TV Festival in 1980 and the Gold Award at the Houston International Film Festival in 1984.

Works

• Almost a Woman. Reading, MA: Perseus, 1998.
• Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories. Editor with Joie Davidow. New York: Knopf, 1998.
• America's Dream. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
• When I Was Puerto Rican. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993.