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Aug 4, 2023 · By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on August 4, 2023. The most popular novel by Nobel Prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales (1899–1974), The President is a classic of Latin American literature. The novel examines the political phenomenon of dictatorship by exploring the ways in which authoritarian regimes oppress subjects psychologically and ...
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- La Carreta
- Felices Días Tío Sergio
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Eduardo Lalo Some categorize it as a love story, others as a chase. Eduardo Lalo’s acclaimed “Simone” will take you deep into the neighborhoods of San Juan. Centered around Old San Juan, Río Piedras, and Santurce, the story follows an anonymous narrator – a middle-aged writer that spends his day scribbling about his life and suddenly starts receivi...
René Marqués Divided into three acts, “La Carreta” (The Oxcart) is a 1950’s play by René Marqués that follows a family ofjíbaros that move to the United States in search of the American Dream. From La Perla to New York, the author portrays the emotional journey of Puerto Rican migration around the time of industrialization.
Magali García Ramis A Puerto Rican coming-of-age novel, “Felices Días, Tío Sergio” (Happy Days, Uncle Sergio), by Magali García Ramis, follows Lidia, a young girl whose life takes an unexpected turn after the arrival of her uncle disrupts adolescence in the care of women. A free spirit full of liberal ideas, Sergio is like no one Lidia has met befo...
Edgardo Miranda A graphic novel that introduces a Puerto Rican superhero inspired by the Island’s National Anthem, “La Borinqueña,” was created by Edgardo Miranda, a writer with Marvel. Her powers, granted by a Taíno goddess when she goes exploring the caves of the Island, are derived from the Island’s myths and history. La Borinqueña has superhuma...
One of Asturias' most famous novels, El Señor Presidente, describes life under a ruthless dictator. The novel influenced later Latin American novelists in its mixture of realism and fantasy. Asturias' very public opposition to dictatorial rule led to him spending much of his later life in exile, both in South America and in Europe.
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- 9 June 1974 (aged 74), Madrid, Spain
- Miguel Ángel Asturias Rosales, 19 October 1899, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Denis's history book War Against All Puerto Ricans, about the evolution of US-Puerto Rico relations since 1898, was the best-selling book in Puerto Rico in 2015 and 2016. José Luis González (1926-1996) whose work País de cuatro pisos y otros ensayos describes the rigid structures of island society.
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Dec 29, 2021 · Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro. Novelist, short story writer, and essayist Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro was born in Guaynabo in 1970. She’s published a number of short stories and novels, including Caparazones, Violeta, Las negras, and TRANScaribeñx. In 2007, she was one of the years Bogotá39 and in 2014, Arroyo Pizarro and her partner Zulma Oliveras ...
Apr 27, 2017 · An Humacao native, Luis Rafael Sánchez is one of the biggest Puerto Rican playwrights, according to the U.S. Library of Congress.He found writing success with plays such as “La pasión según Antigona Pérez” and “Farsa del amor compradito“, novels like “La importancia de llamarse Daniel Santos”, and essays including “La guagua area”, which was made into a popular movie.
Arrigoitia was the first person at the University of Puerto Rico to earn a master's degree in the field of history. In 2010, her book, Puerto Rico Por Encima de Todo: Vida y Obra de Antonio R. Barcelo, 1868–1938, was recognized among the best in the category of "research and criticism" and awarded a first place prize by the Ateneo ...
