Literature

Distinguished in the field of Literature are the following illustrious citizens honored at Plaza de los Ponceños Ilustres, in Ponce’s Parque del Tricentenario:

• Angela Negrón Muñoz
• Carmen Lugo Filippi
• Federico Degetau González
• Félix Franco Oppenheimer
• Iris Zavala
• Rosario Ferré
• Magaly Quiñones
• José de la Cruz
• Manuel Zeno Gandía
• María Teresa Babín
• Ramón Zapata Acosta
• Washington Lloréns
• Eugenio Rentas Lucas
• Ana Inés Bonnín Armstrong
• Maragrita Sastre de Balmaceda
• Ramón E. Dapena Vidal
• Pedro Pietri
• Silgia María Suárez Melero
• Georgina Lázaro León

Visit the Tercentennial Park for a glimpse at the elegant wall plaques with the names of the above eminent Ponce citizens in the field of Literature and those in many other important cultural disciplines.

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