# Pura Belpré (@pura-belpre)

Pura Teresa Belpré y Nogueras (February 2, 1899 – July 1, 1982) was an Afro-Puerto Rican educator who served as the first Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. She was also a writer, collector of folktales, and puppeteer.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Pura Belpré's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@pura-belpre/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@pura-belpre/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@pura-belpre/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Pura%20Belpr%C3%A9&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Pura%20Belpr%C3%A9
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Pura%20Belpr%C3%A9

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "pura-belpre", "question": "…"}`.