Editing Dominican Republic (section)

===Literature===
{{Main|Literature of the Dominican Republic}}
The Dominican politician, rector and author [[Andrés López de Medrano]] (1780 – May 6, 1856) became the first enlightened philosopher of the Dominican Republic and supported Dominican independence.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo - 200 commemorates years of the first book of Dominican philosophy |url=https://www.intec.edu.do/en/notas-de-prensa/item/conmemoran-200-anos-del-primer-libro-de-filosofia-dominicano-2 |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=www.intec.edu.do}}</ref> Medrano is best known for writing one of the most important [[Philosophy|philosophical]] works of the 19th century, a treaty or guide entitled ''Logic, Elements of Modern Philosophy'' (1814), which became the first book of Dominican philosophy and the first book printed in the Dominican Republic.<ref name=":1" />

The 20th century brought many prominent Dominican writers, and saw a general increase in the perception of Dominican literature. Writers such as [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]], [[Pedro Mir]] (national poet of the Dominican Republic<ref>{{Cite web|title=Don Pedro Mir Valentín, Poeta Nacional Dominicano|url=http://www.educando.edu.do/articulos/estudiante/don-pedro-mir-valentn-poeta-nacional-dominicano/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.educando.edu.do|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220115336/http://www.educando.edu.do/articulos/estudiante/don-pedro-mir-valentn-poeta-nacional-dominicano|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=July 11, 2019|title=Pedro Mir Biografia {{!}} República Dominicana|url=https://www.conectate.com.do/articulo/pedro-mir-biografia/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=Conectate.com.do|language=es|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183921/https://www.conectate.com.do/articulo/pedro-mir-biografia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=December 13, 2019|title=Pedro Mir|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/mir_pedro.htm|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=Biografia y vidas|language=es|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183926/https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/mir_pedro.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>), [[Aida Cartagena Portalatin]], Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi (the most important Dominican historian, with more than 1000 written works<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi|url=https://www.diariolibre.com/cronologia/ver/meta/emilio-rodriguez-demorizi|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.diariolibre.com|language=es-ES|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183908/https://www.diariolibre.com/cronologia/ver/meta/emilio-rodriguez-demorizi|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Clas|first=Bredi|title=Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi|url=http://academiadominicanahistoria.org.do/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rodriguezDemorizi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304210648/http://academiadominicanahistoria.org.do/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rodriguezDemorizi.pdf |archive-date=2018-03-04 |url-status=live|website=Academia Dominicana de Historia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2018|title=¿En qué año nació Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi? (1–2) – Acento – El más ágil y moderno diario electrónico de la República Dominicana|url=https://acento.com.do/2018/opinion/8600497-ano-nacio-emilio-rodriguez-demorizi-1-2/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=Acento|language=es|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901113713/https://acento.com.do/2018/opinion/8600497-ano-nacio-emilio-rodriguez-demorizi-1-2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo – INTEC – Emilio Rodríguez Demorizi|url=https://www.intec.edu.do/biblioteca/emilio-rodriguez-demorizi|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.intec.edu.do|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802135306/https://www.intec.edu.do/biblioteca/emilio-rodriguez-demorizi|url-status=dead}}</ref>), [[Manuel del Cabral]] (main Dominican poet featured in black poetry<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trayectorias Literarias: Manuel del Cabral|url=https://dominicanaenmiami.com/?p=3941|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417062127/https://dominicanaenmiami.com/?p=3941|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Manuel del Cabral – Solo Literatura|url=https://sololiteratura.com/manuel-del-cabral/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=sololiteratura.com|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183920/https://sololiteratura.com/manuel-del-cabral/|url-status=live}}</ref>), Hector Inchustegui Cabral (considered one of the most prominent voices of the Caribbean social poetry of the twentieth century<ref>{{Cite web|title=Héctor Incháustegui Cabral: Introducción a "Poesía Sorprendida"|url=https://www.literatura.us/apolinar/hector.html|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.literatura.us|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308200607/https://www.literatura.us/apolinar/hector.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nace Héctor Incháustegui, poeta, profesor, ensayista y animador cultural – El Nacional|url=https://elnacional.com.do/nace-hector-inchaustegui-poeta-y-profesor/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=elnacional.com.do|date=July 25, 2018|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183931/https://elnacional.com.do/nace-hector-inchaustegui-poeta-y-profesor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hector Inchaustegui Cabral|url=http://opac.pucmm.edu.do/virtuales/html/Dominicanos2/hectorinchaustegui/biografia.htm|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=opac.pucmm.edu.do|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222031903/http://opac.pucmm.edu.do/virtuales/html/Dominicanos2/hectorinchaustegui/biografia.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Biografia de Héctor Incháustegui Cabral|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/i/inchaustegui.htm|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.biografiasyvidas.com|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183910/https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/i/inchaustegui.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>), Miguel Alfonseca (poet belonging to Generation 60<ref>{{Cite web|title=ÁMBITO CULTURAL ::: Miguel Alfonseca|url=http://www.cielonaranja.com/torresambitoalfonseca.htm|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=www.cielonaranja.com|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227055947/http://www.cielonaranja.com/torresambitoalfonseca.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 29, 2018|title=Miguel Alfonseca|url=https://elnuevodiario.com.do/miguel-alfonseca/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=El Nuevo Diario (República Dominicana)|language=es|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213184038/https://elnuevodiario.com.do/miguel-alfonseca/|url-status=live}}</ref>), Rene del Risco (acclaimed poet who was a participant in the June 14 Movement<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 7, 2017|title=René del Risco, poesía y angustia de la ciudad|url=http://revista.global/rene-del-risco-poesia-y-angustia-de-la-ciudad/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=Revista Global|language=es-ES|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213184010/http://revista.global/rene-del-risco-poesia-y-angustia-de-la-ciudad/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=BIOGRAFIA – Fundacion Rene del Risco|url=http://fundacionrenedelrisco.org/biografia/|access-date=December 13, 2019|language=es-ES|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213183933/http://fundacionrenedelrisco.org/biografia/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=December 15, 2015|title=René del Risco Bermúdez|url=http://www.educando.edu.do/portal/biografia-rene-del-risco-bermudez/|access-date=December 13, 2019|website=Educando|language=es-MX|archive-date=November 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191130145044/http://www.educando.edu.do/portal/biografia-rene-del-risco-bermudez/|url-status=dead}}</ref>), [[Mateo Morrison]], among many more prolific authors, put the island in one of the most important in Literature in the twentieth century.

New Dominican writers have not yet achieved the renown of their 20th-century counterparts. However, writers such as [[Frank Báez]] (won the 2006 Santo Domingo Book Fair First Prize) <ref>{{cite web|date=December 19, 2014|title=El Hombrecito|url=http://www.elhombrecito.com/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219192846/http://www.elhombrecito.com/|archive-date=December 19, 2014|access-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Frank Baez|url=https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/frank-baez|access-date=February 14, 2020|website=Words Without Borders|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214042332/https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/frank-baez|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Junot Díaz]] (2008 [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]] for his novel ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]])''<ref>{{cite news|last=II|first=Louis Lucero|date=May 10, 2018|title=Junot Díaz Steps Down as Pulitzer Chairman Amid Review of Misconduct Allegations|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/books/junot-diaz-pulitzer-prize.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/books/junot-diaz-pulitzer-prize.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|access-date=February 14, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> lead Dominican literature in the 21st century.