The Puerto Rican Literature Project

José Polonio Hernández y Hernández, known as José P. H. Hernández, was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico in 1892 and died in Río Grande, Puerto Rico in 1922. He completed his primary education in Hatillo. Hernández learned how to play the euphonium and in 1907 accompanied his band to San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, he also completed his secondary education, receiving his degree in pharmaceutics in 1912. He subsequently moved to Corozal, Puerto Rico, then back to his hometown of Hatillo, where he worked at the Farmacia Hernández and became band leader. His work includes Coplas de la vereda (Standard Printing Works, 1919), El último combate (La Democracia, 1921), and Cantos de la sierra (Puerto Rico Ilustrado, 1925).

Works Cited

“Hernández, José”. BiografíasPR, Lexjuris, 1996-2002, www.lexjuris.com/biografias/buscar/search.asp?rec_id=171.

“José P.H. Hernández.” EnciclopediaPR, 16 Sept. 2014, https://enciclopediapr.org/content/jose-p-h-hernandez/.