José Antonio Dávila

Dr. José Antonio Dávila (October 7, 1898 – December 4, 1941) was a postmodern Puerto Rican poet.

José Antonio Dávila
Dr. José Antonio Dávila
BornJosé Antonio Dávila Morales
October 7, 1898
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
DiedDecember 4, 1941
Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Occupationpoet
NationalityPuerto Rican
Literary movementpostmodernism (?)
Notable worksVendimia
SpouseAlma Blake
RelativesVirgilio Dávila Cabrera (father)

Life and career

Dávila (birth name: José Antonio Dávila Morales [note 1]) was born and raised in Bayamon, Puerto Rico into a literary family; he received both his primary and secondary education here and went to high school in Santurce, San Juan.

Early years

In 1918, he enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico and later transferred to Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia where he studied medicine, earning his medical degree in 1924; after graduating he established a medical practice there.

He was married to Alma Blake with whom he had a son (José Antonio Dávila, Jr.). Dávila became fatally ill and had to abandon his medical practice. He was interned at the Saranac Lake Hospital in New York, but returned to Puerto Rico in 1930.[1] He is now buried in the city's Porta Coeli Cemetery, next to his father.

Dávila became a poet and received an award from the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture for his poem Vendimia (1940). His main source of inspiration was his father, the poet and Mayor of Bayamón, Virgilio Dávila.[2]

Written works

Much of Dávila's work was published posthumously. Besides Vendimia, his other works are:[1][2]

  • Los Motivos de Tristan ('The Motives of Tristan') (1957)
  • Poemas (Poems) (1964)
  • Almacen de Baratijas
  • Carta de Recomendación "Señor: en breve llegará a tu cielo una tímida y dulce viejecita ..."

Davila also wrote a biography of the Bayamonese musician and composer Mariano Feliú Balseiro.

Commemoration

The City of Bayamon has named a school and an avenue after him.[1][2]

Notes
  1. This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Dávila and the second or maternal family name is Morales.
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See also

References
  1. Proyecto Salon Hogar
  2. PREB
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