Julia de Burgos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julia de Burgos

Puerto Rican poet

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1953

Profession: writer, poet, playwright

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Julia de Burgos (February 17, 1914 – July 6, 1953) was a Puerto Rican poet.
As an advocate of Puerto Rican independence, she served as Secretary General of the Daughters of Freedom, the women's branch of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.
She was also a civil rights activist for women and African/Afro-Caribbean writers.