Enrique Laguerre

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Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez (May 3, 1906- June 16, 2005) was a well-known writer, poet, teacher and critic from Moca, Puerto Rico. His works include novels, plays and a writing newspaper columns for El Vocero newspaper.

[edit] Biography

Laguerre studied at various universities, obtaining degrees in arts from the University of Puerto Rico and Columbia University.

In 1924, he took courses on teaching in rural areas in the town of Aguadilla. The courses where taught by Carmen Gómez Tejera. After this he taught from 1924 to 1988, both at the elementary school and university levels.

Laguerre has been known to use the pen-names of Tristan Ronda, Luis Urayoan, Motial and Alberto Prado, among others. Married for many years to the well-respected writer Luz V. Romero Garcia, he also worked in many Puerto Rican publications before joining the staff of El Vocero.

In 1998, his peers as well as former governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Luis A. Ferré, advocated for Laguerre to be considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature^{[citation needed]}. Despite their efforts, LaGuerre was not awarded the prestigious award.

Laguerre is an emeritus member of the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Enrique Laguerre died on June 16, 2005, at the age of 99, one month and a day short of his 100th birthday. His body was laid to rest on the grounds of the Labadie Mansion, an old "hacienda" restored as a museum, in his native town of Moca.

[edit] Works

The Labadie Mansion inspired Enrique Laguerre to write La Llamarada. The French provincial style mansion in Moca, Puerto Rico stands on 110 acres and is on the National Historic Register^{[citation needed]}.

• La llorona de Lajas (1935)
• Solar Montoya (1941)
• El 30 de Febrero (1943)
• La Resaca (1949)
• La Resentida (1949)
• Los Dedos de la Mano (1951)
• Antologia de Cuentos Puertorriqueños (1954)
• La Llamarada (1955)
• La Ceiba en el Tiesto (1956)
• Pulso de Puerto Rico (1956)
• El Laberinto (1959)
• Enrique Laguerre Habla Sobre Nuestras Bibliotecas (1959)
• Cauce sin Rio: Diario de mi Generacion (1962)
• Obras Completas (1962)
• La Responsabilidad de un Profesor Universitario (1963)
• El Jibaro de Puerto Rico: Simbolo y Figura (1968)
• La Poesia Modernista en Puerto Rico (1969)
• El Fuego y su Aire (1970)
• Los Amos Benevolos (1976)
• Polos de la Cultura Iberoamericana (1977)
• Infiernos Privados (1986)
• Por Boca de Cracoles (1990)
• Los Gemelos (1992)
• Proa Libre Sobre Mar Gruesa (1995)
• Contrapunto de Soledades (1999)

[edit] See also

Puerto Rico portal

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• List of famous Puerto Ricans
• French immigration to Puerto Rico
• List of Puerto Rican writers
• Puerto Rican literature

[edit] External links

• Enrique Laguerre at Find a Grave