The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Patricio Arnaldo Sevilla was born in Murcia, Spain in 1873 and died in San Juan in 1944. He moved to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico as a child. He was a poet and a journalist who authored Blanco y Azul (Mayagüez, 1917), Jardín Doliente (San Juan, 1924), Rimas Galantes (San Juan, 1920), Rosas de Otoño (San Juan) and El Último Patriota. Arnaldo Sevilla worked as an editor for publications such as Frase Hecha and El Nacionalista (directed by Pedro R. de Diego).

Works consulted:

Arana Soto, Salvador. Catálogo de Poetas Puertorriqueños. First edition, Sociedad de autores puertorriqueños, San Juan de Puerto Rico, 1968. 

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

Rivera de Álvarez, Josefina. Literatura puertorriqueña, su proceso en el tiempo. Ediciones Panteón, Madrid, 1983.