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Pura Belpré

Puerto Rican writer, puppeteer, and librarian (1899–1982)
Person Human Q7260778

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[15]
Date of birth
February 2, 1899
Date of death
July 1, 1982
Place of birth
Cidra
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
librarian, historian, literary critic, puppeteer, children's writer, writer[11]
Employer
University of Puerto Rico, New York Public Library[12][13]
Educated at
University of Puerto Rico[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish[23]
Described by source
Latinos and Librarianship, Women of Library History, Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography, Pioneers in Librarianship: Sixty Notable Leaders Who Shaped the Field[18][19][20][21][22]
Family name
Belpré[16]
Given name
Pura[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pura Belpre en Pura Belpré cs Pura Belpréová es Pura Belpre uk Пура Бельпре
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000059534075
VIAF cluster ID
28338945
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n78089792
GND ID
135742803
CiNii Research ID
1140282266678964992
Europeana entity
agent/base/89091
FAST ID
28502
Freebase ID
/m/0gjqc2
LibraryThing author ID
belprepura
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA1676023X
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202087585
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX977153
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Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
363882669
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095457832
SNAC ARK ID
w67m0rsm
WikiTree person ID
Belpré-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJk976xfxwPYPfYQjdqCwC

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
historian, librarian, puppeteer, literary critic, children's writer
Described by source 2
Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro-Latin American Biography, Women of Library History
Employer 2
New York Public Library, University of Puerto Rico
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Puerto Rico
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Spanish
Place of birth 1
Cidra
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Pura Belpré was born on February 2, 1899[1], in Cidra[2]. She died on July 1, 1982[3], in New York City[4]. She worked as a librarian[5], historian[6], literary critic[7], puppeteer[8], and children's writer[9].

FAQs

Where was Pura Belpré born?

Pura Belpré was born in Cidra[2].

Where did Pura Belpré die?

Pura Belpré passed away in New York City[4].

What did Pura Belpré do for work?

Pura Belpré worked as a librarian[5], historian[6], literary critic[7], puppeteer[8], and children's writer[9].

Where did Pura Belpré go to school?

Pura Belpré was educated at University of Puerto Rico[14].

Related Entities

New York City United States

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Pioneers in Librarianship: Sixty Notable Leaders Who Shaped the Field. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . nypl.org. nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com. womenoflibraryhistory.tumblr.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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    Place of birth → Cidra
    Sex or gender → female
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Spanish
    Country of citizenship → United States
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