The Puerto Rican Literature Project

José Limón de Arce was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico in 1877 and died in 1940. He was a poet, journalist, and playwright. His dramatic work includes Redención (1904), Almas y olas (1929), and Después de la Prohibición (1919). Arce is also credited for writing the lyrics for the play Borinquen al día (1931), with music by Luis H. Lacomba.

Works Cited “José Limón de Arce.” Portal de los Poetas Boricuas, http://tainoworld.com/jldearce.html.

Rivera de Álvarez, Josefina. Diccionario de literatura puertorriqueña. Tome 1, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1979. Rosa-Nieves, Cesareo.

La poesía en Puerto Rico. Third edition, Editorial Edil Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1969.