José de Jesús Esteves (October 15, 1881 in

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Aguadilla (, ), founded in 1775 by Luis de Córdova, is a city and municipality located in the northwestern tip of Puerto Rico, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, north of Aguada, and Moca and west of Isabela. Aguadilla is s ...

- November 1, 1918 in

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) was a Puerto Rican poet, lawyer, and judge in the Manatí Municipal Court. He was an expositor of the ''Modernismo'' literary movement. He wrote three verse books, ''Besos y Plumas'' (''Kisses and Pens''), ''Crisálidas'', and ''Rosal de Amor'' (''Rose of Love''). His most famous works are "Sinfonía Helénica" (Greek Symphony), "Ronda de Anforas" (Round of Anforas), "El Ladrón" (The Thief), "Sauce Lírico" (Lyric Willow), and "Alma Adentro" (Soul Inside). "Alma Adentro" won a contest in ''Revista Mundial'' of Paris. He died in New York on November 1, 1918. His tomb is in the

Old Urban Cemetery Old Urban Cemetery, also known as Cementerio Municipal, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, is a cemetery with burials dating back to 1813 or 1814. Near the town of Aguadilla's north entrance, it spreads between the beach and the foot of the mountain, and ...

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