José Emilio González

Josemilio González
Born	18 February 1918 Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Died	1990 Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Occupation	Writer and editor

This article is about the Puerto Rican critic and editor. For the senator, see José Emilio González Velázquez.

Josemilio González (1918–1990) was a Puerto Rican literary critic and editor.

He graduated from University of Puerto Rico in 1940, Boston University, Columbia University, Princeton University, and the Sorbonne.^[1][2][3]

He was an instructor at the University of Puerto Rico from 1946 to 1948 and 1956 to 1963. He served in the legislature for the Puerto Rican Independence Party in 1952.^[4]

Awards

• 1990 American Book Award, for Vivir a Hostos

Works

• "Otoño", taino world
• Hostos as a philosopher, Boston University, 1941
• Hostos Como Filósofo (1941) – (Hostos as Philosopher)
• Oda al mar de Guajataca (1954) – (Ode to the Sea from Guajataca)
• Profecía de Puerto Rico (1954) – (Prophecy of Puerto Rico)
• Cántico Mortal a Julia de Burgos (1956) – (Mortal Song of Julia de Burgos)
• Los Poetas Puertorriqueños de la Década del 30 (1960) Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, – (The Puerto Rican Poets of the 30s)
• Parábola del Canto (1960) – (Parable of Song)
• Soledad Absoluta: Diario Poético (1971) – (Absolute Solitude: Official Poetic)
• Antología Poética de Francisco Matos Paoli Universidad de Puerto Rico, (1972) – (Francisco Matos Paoli Poetry Anthology)
• La Poesía Contemporánea de Puerto Rico, 1930–1960 (1972) Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquña – (Contemporary Poetry of Puerto Rico, 1930–1960)
• La Poesía en Puerto Rico (1976) – (Poetry in Puerto Rico)
• Poesía y Lengua en la Obra de Francisco Manrique Cabrera (1976) – (Poetry and Language in the Work of Francisco Manrique Cabrera)
• Vivir a Hostos: ensayos, San Juan, P.R.: Comité Pro Celebración Sesquicentenario del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos, 1989.

References

1. Pedro López-Adorno, ed. (1991). Papiros de Babel: antología de la poesía puertorriqueña en Nueva York. La Editorial, UPR. ISBN 978-0-8477-3237-1.
2. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/conexion/gonzalez_jose_emilio.html
3. http://www.zonai.com/promociones/biografias/0201/jose_gonzalez.asp
4. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/conexion/gonzalez_jose_emilio.html

External links

• Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, Pedro Juan Hernández (2001). Pioneros: Puerto Ricans in New York City 1896–1948. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-0506-0.
• Carlos Rojas Osorio (2002). Latinoamérica: cien años de filosofía, Volume 1. Isla Negra Editores. ISBN 978-1-932271-02-7.
• "González, Josemilo", Worldcat
• "González, Jose emilio.", Worldcat