death_date death_place birth_place imagesize awards nationality birth_date spouse image article_title name occupation
july 1 , 1982 new york city , ny cidra , puerto rico 240 new york mayor 's award puerto rican february 2 , 1899 clarence cameron white pura belpre w-purapuppets . jpg pura belpré
 pura belpré writer , puppeteer , librarian
pura belpré

pura belpré -lrb- 1899 -- 1982 -rrb- was the first puerto rican librarian in new york city .
she was also a writer , collector of folktales , and puppeteer .
