Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria (21 June 1905 – March 1966[2]) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, essayist, and novelist.
[3] Pedro Juan Labarthe López de Victoria was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1905.
[4] He moved from Puerto Rico to New York City to study at Columbia University as an adult.
He earned professional success and embraced the American way of life,[5] and subsequently wrote various books and essays documenting the experiences of the Puerto Rican migration to New York.
The following are books written by Labarthe:[6]