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Ernesto Avellanet Mattei

(He/Him)

1879-1918

Written by Gabriela Baeza Ventura

Translated from the Spanish by Iván Brave

Ernesto Avellanet Mattei (1879?–1918?) was a poet and journalist from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. In his thirties, he directed the only newspaper that advocated for the Partido Union in his hometown, El Libertador, and two years later, in 1914, he directed La Crítica. His poetry books include Crepúsculo (1905) and Aurora (1906), and an unpublished manuscript Bohemias.

Works Cited

Rivera de Álvarez, Josefina. Diccionario de literatura puertorriqueña. Tome 2, vol. 1, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1974.