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Salvador Brau
1842–1912
A key voice in Puerto Rico’s intellectual life, this writer moved easily between journalism, literature, and history. His work helped shape how the island’s past was recorded and remembered.
2 Audiobooks
Lo que dice la historia Cartas al señor Ministro de Ultramar
by Salvador Brau
Rafael Cordero: Elogio Póstumo
by Salvador Brau
About the author
Born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, in 1842, Salvador Brau y Asencio built a remarkable career as a journalist, poet, playwright, novelist, sociologist, and historian. He was largely self-taught and became known for writing that combined literary skill with a strong interest in Puerto Rican society and public life.
Brau is especially remembered for his historical work. He was appointed the official historian of Puerto Rico and spent his later years researching and writing about the island’s past. His books and essays helped preserve important parts of Puerto Rican history at a time of major political change.
He died in San Juan in 1912, but his reputation has lasted well beyond his lifetime. Today he is remembered as one of the major cultural figures of nineteenth-century Puerto Rico, admired for the range of his writing and for his lasting contribution to the study of the island’s history.