. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joseph M. Guti\u00E9rrez"@en . . "Poet"@en . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga (1940) es una poetisa puertorrique\u00F1a que ha sido profesora en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, campus de R\u00EDo Piedras. Ense\u00F1\u00F3 en el Departamento de castellano en el Campus de R\u00EDo Piedras de la UPR.\u200B\u200B Es miembro del Comit\u00E9 de Mujeres del PEN, y tambi\u00E9n fue secretaria.\u200B Es autora de varios libros de poes\u00EDa. Actualmente vive en la ciudad de Nueva York, y en el Barrio Viejo de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. De acuerdo a Francisco Matos Paoli, la po\u00E9tica de Maria Arrillaga participa en la \u00ABdesmitificaci\u00F3n de la cultura convencional\u00BB, tanto en la reivindicaci\u00F3n de la naturaleza sexual humana y en su compromiso con la justicia social.\u200B Ha colaborado con las revistas Confrontation, Cupey, Festa Da Palabra, PEN International, y Tercer Milenio.\u200B La Dra. Arrillaga fue la finalista del a\u00F1o 1996 en ficci\u00F3n, en el Institute of Latin American Writers. En Puerto Rico, ha sido objeto de galardones por poes\u00EDa, ensayos, y ficci\u00F3n.\u200B Arrillaga se ha desempe\u00F1ado como presidenta del Centro Puerto Rico del PEN Club Internacional; y secretaria del Comit\u00E9 de Escritores de la Mujer del PEN International. Trabaja en un libro de memorias titulado The Guava Orchard, y de una colecci\u00F3n de poes\u00EDa, Flamingoes in Manhattan.\u200B"@es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga (1940) es una poetisa puertorrique\u00F1a que ha sido profesora en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, campus de R\u00EDo Piedras. Ense\u00F1\u00F3 en el Departamento de castellano en el Campus de R\u00EDo Piedras de la UPR.\u200B\u200B Es miembro del Comit\u00E9 de Mujeres del PEN, y tambi\u00E9n fue secretaria.\u200B Es autora de varios libros de poes\u00EDa. Actualmente vive en la ciudad de Nueva York, y en el Barrio Viejo de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ha colaborado con las revistas Confrontation, Cupey, Festa Da Palabra, PEN International, y Tercer Milenio.\u200B"@es . "1940"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "US"@en . . "190"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Favorite nieces Charlene and Pauline Arrillaga"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga 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. She is a member of PEN American Center as well as PEN Club de Puerto Rico. She was a member of the Women's Writing Committee of PEN International, served as its secretary and organizer for Latin America. Arrillaga was president of PEN Club de Puerto Rico during 1989\u20131991. She has contributed to the following journals: Confrontation, Cupey, Festa Da Palabra, PEN International, and Tercer Milenio."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "25222107"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga"@en . "Yo soy Fil\u00ED Mel\u00E9, poetry; Ma\u00F1ana Valentina, fiction"@en . . . . "Spanish, English"@en . . "retired professor"@en . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Ana McDonough"@en . "Maria Arrillaga"@en . "33563"^^ . . . . . . . . . "Women, nature, art, friendship, love"@en . "writer"@en . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga 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. She is a member of PEN American Center as well as PEN Club de Puerto Rico. She was a member of the Women's Writing Committee of PEN International, served as its secretary and organizer for Latin America. Arrillaga was president of PEN Club de Puerto Rico during 1989\u20131991. She is the author of several collections of poetry. According to Matos Paoli, the poetry of Maria Arrillaga participates in the \"demythologizing conventional culture\" both in the claiming of human sexual nature and in its commitment to social justice. She has contributed to the following journals: Confrontation, Cupey, Festa Da Palabra, PEN International, and Tercer Milenio. Arrillaga was a 1996 fiction finalist at the Institute of Latin American Writers. In Puerto Rico, she has won awards for poetry, essays, and fiction. She is currently working on a book of memoirs, The Guava Orchard, and has a home in two cities; New York and Old San Juan, Puerto Rico."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . "Mar\u00EDa Arrillaga"@en . "1033342275"^^ . "Maria Arrillaga"@es .