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María Arrillaga
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
OccupationPoet, writer, academic
LanguageSpanish, English
CitizenshipUS
GenrePoetry, fiction[1]

María Arrillaga (born 1940) is a Puerto Rican poet who has been a professor at the University of Puerto Rico. She taught in the Spanish Department on the Rio Piedras campus.[2][3] She is the author of several collections of poetry.

Academic education and employment

Arrillaga received her BS in English in 1961 from St. Louis University, her MA in Spanish from the School of Education at New York University, New York, in 1966, and a PhD from University of Puerto Rico in 1987, on the subject of Latin American and Puerto Rican literature and Women's Studies.

From 1970 to 1971 she was an instructor of art and music of Puerto Rico, New York City Technical College, Brooklyn, New York. From 1973 to 2001 she was a Spanish Professor, College of General Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 1993–94 she was a visiting professor, York College, Queens (CUNY), teaching Women's Literature and Creative Writing. Between 2002 and 2005 she was an adjunct professor of Spanish at New York City Technical College, Brooklyn, New York.

Publications

Poetry

Poetry collections

Novel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Poets & Writers Magazine: Directory of Writers". Pw.org. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
  2. ^ Maria Arrillaga; et al. (1988). Sargasso (4 ed.). Retrieved November 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Maria Arrillaga (1977). Melanthika: an anthology of pan-Caribbean writing. L. W. M. Publications. ISBN 978-0905393001. Retrieved November 27, 2009.
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