The Puerto Rican Literature Project

José Yumet Méndez was born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico 1887 and died in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico in 1955. He was a poet, lyrical orator, and journalist. He completed his studies in Aguadilla. He contributed to various newspapers, including El Imparcial, Alma latina, Puerto Rico Ilustrado, and  EI Mundo. His work includes Caminos del sol (Cantero Fernández, 1920), Anfora azul (Tipografía Venezuela, 1925), and Raíz de patria (Gráfica Panamericana, 1957).

Works Cited

Geigel Polanco, Vicente. “Raíz de patria: Obra postuma de José Yumet Méndez.” Artes y letras, vol. 2, no. 7, July 1957, pp. 3-4. La Colección Puertorriqueña, Biblioteca y Hemeroteca Puertorriqueña del Recinto de Río Piedras de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, https://issuu.com/coleccionpuertorriquena/docs/artes_y_letras_195707. 

Rosa-Nieves, Cesareo. La poesía en Puerto Rico. Third edition, Editorial Edil Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1969.

Rosa-Nieves, Cesareo and Esther Melón de Díaz. Biografías puertorriqueñas: Perfil histórico de un pueblo, Troutman Press, 1970, pp. 437.