Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier
- Alejandrina Benitez de Gautier
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name = Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier
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birthname = Alejandrina Benítez
birthdate = 1819
birthplace = Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
deathdate = 1879
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occupation = poet
nationality = Puerto Rican
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children = José Gautier Benítez
relatives = María Bibiana Benítez (aunt)
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Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier (1819-1879) was a Puerto Rican poet.
Early years
Benitez de Gautier, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, became an orphan at an early age and was raised and educated by her aunt, the poet and author Maria Bibiana Benitez.
Poet
Benítez de Gautier's collaboration with the "Aguinaldo Puertorriqueño" (Collection of Puerto Rican Poetry) gave her recognition as a poet. This work, which was published in 1843 by a group of young writers, of whom she was a member, was considered as the first generation of the Puerto Rican literary culture.
Benítez de Gautier wrote a poem entitled "La Patria del Genio" (The Nation of the Genius) dedicated to Jose Campeche; for this poem she was awarded 100 Spanish pesos from the "La Sociedad Económica Amigos del País" (Friends of the Economic Society of Puerto Rico).
Poems
Amongst her most celebrated works are:
*"Al Cable Submarino en Puerto Rico" (To the Under Sea Cable in Puerto Rico),
*"A La Estatua de Colón en Cardenas" ( To the Statue of Columbus in Cardenas), and
*"A Cuba" (To Cuba).
Later years
Benítez de Gautier married Rodulfo Gautier, thus becoming Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier. On April 12,1848, in the City of Caguas, Puerto Rico she gave birth to Jose Gautier Benitez who was to become a famous poet. Benítez de Gautier died in 1879 at the age of 60.
Legacy
Puerto Rico has honoured her memory by naming schools after her; there is also a school in Brooklyn, New York named in her honour.
ee also
*List of Puerto Rican writers
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican literature
External links
* [http://artesliberales.bc.inter.edu/jquintana/TodoWeb/Todo%20PR/Biograf%EDas/Bb.htm Bios]
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