The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Ángela María Dávila Malavé (Anjelamaría Dávila) was born on February 21, 1944 in Humacao, Puerto Rico and died on July 8, 2003 in Río Grande, Puerto Rico. She was a poet, declamadora, and singer. After enrolling in the University of Puerto Rico, she became a part of the renowned literary circle, the Grupo Guajana, becoming a part of the Generación de los 60. She is the author of the poetry collections Homenaje al ombligo (1966), in collaboration with José María Lima, and Animal fiero y tierno (Editorial Huracán, 1977). Posthumously, the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña published her formerly unpublished collection La querencia (Editorial del Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2006). Her work was included in the Antología de jóvenes poetas (Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 1965), Antología de la poesía hispanoamericana actual, edited by Julio Ortega (Siglo Veintiuno Editores, 1994), Flor de lumbre: antología poética del Grupo Guajana, cuarenta años de quehacer (Editorial Guajana y Editorial Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2004), and Literatura puertorriqueña del siglo XX, edited by Mercedes López Baralt (Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, 2004). Her poetry was also featured in the magazines Bayoán, Palestra, and Surco. 

Works Cited

“Anjelamaría Dávila: Cuadernos de poesía 19.” Librería Mágica,  https://libreriamagica.com/products/anjelamaria-davila-cuadernos-de-poesia-19. 

“Esta semana en la historia.” Claridad, 19 February 2021, https://claridadpuertorico.com/esta-semana-en-la-historia-24/.
López Ortiz, Miguel. “Anjelamaría Dávila.”Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular, https://prpop.org/biografias/anjelamaria-davila/.