The Puerto Rican Literature Project

The writer, lawyer, and professor Rubis Camacho was born in 1959. She holds a BA in Arts with a concentration in social welfare from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, a law degree from the Universidad Interamericana of Puerto Rico, and an MA in literary creation from the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. She has received awards and been recognized by institutions such as the Dirección General de la Mujer in Madrid, Puerto Rico’s PEN Club, the Ateneo Puertorriqueno, the Instituto de Literatura Puertorriqueña, and the Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico, among others. Camacho has published in literary magazines including Boreales, Letras Nuevas, Inopia, Aurora Boreal, Atramentun; and in anthologies such as Fuera del quicio, Cuentos Puertorriqueños en el Nuevo Milenio, Meter un gooool, Latitud 18.5, Palenque, and Puerto Rico Indócil. Camacho is the author of Cuentos Traidores (Mariana Editores, 2010), El Fraile confabulado (Letra Negra Editores, 2011), Sara: la historia cierta (Letra Negra Editores, 2012), Safo: ritual de la tristeza (Indeleble Editores, 2015), Tu rostro en la memoria (Calíope Editoras, 2018), Curriculum Vitae (Editorial EDP University, 2021), Agapimú (CPP Editores, 2021), Cuando mira la medusa (Indeleble Editores/CPP Editores, 2022), Alejo es mi nombre de amor (Editorial EDP University, 2022), and Los cien cantos de Safo (2022).

Works Cited

Camacho, Rubis M. “PLPR Rubis Camacho invitación.” E-mail to Miriam Damaris Maldonado. 27 Jan. 2024.

Román Samot, Wilkins. “Reseña a Tu rostro en la memoria (2018) de Rubis Camacho.” El Post Antillano / Ciudad Seva, 12 May 2019, https://ciudadseva.com/critica/resena-a-tu-rostro-en-la-memoria-2018-de-rubis-camacho/ 

“Rubis M. Camacho: Acerca del autor”. Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/-/es/stores/author/B07J2VTMYW/about 

Vélez, Pilar. Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization / Milibrohispano, 25 July 2016, https://milibrohispano.org/rubis-camacho-con-su-poemario-safo-ritual-de-la-tristeza-nos-acompana-en-eide/