Manuel Fernández Juncos

Manuel Fernández Juncos ( born December 11, 1846 in Ribadesella, Spain, † August 18 1928 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) was a journalist, poet, author and humanitarian workers. He wrote the official text for the Puerto Rican national anthem, La Borinquena.

At a young age Juncos emigrated from Asturias to Puerto Rico, where he spent the rest of his life. He first wrote for a company founded by Jose Julian Acosta newspaper El Progreso ( Progress ). He was also active for Porvenir and El Clamor del País and founded the liberal newspaper El Buscapie, which became the most widely read newspaper in Puerto Rico. Juncos campaigned for a socialist agenda that included free education for every child, and founded the Revista Puertorriqueña (Puerto Rican magazine).

As a writer, he dealt with the roots of the Puerto Rican people. Among his most famous works are Tipos y Caracteres, Libro Cuarto de Lectura and Canciones Escolares, which he wrote together with Virgilio Dávila and Braulio Colon Dueño.

Juncos was secretary of the Autonomist Party of Baldorioty Román de Castro. When Spain granted Puerto Rico autonomy, he was elected the first secretary of state. Less than a year later, however, began the invasion of the United States in Puerto Rico as part of the Spanish - American War, which had the abolition of government result.

Juncos founded the Red Cross of Puerto Rico, which still provides humanitarian aid today.

He wrote the present text to La Borinquena, which was originally a Danza by Francisco Ramirez from 1860 (some sources also refer to Felix Astol Artés and 1867 ). The original text of the anthem, the Lola Rodríguez de Tió had written in 1868, appeared too subversive for public use. 1903 took place a public competition for a new text, won the Juncos. This explains why the native Asturian the line could " Borinquen The country where I was born " write. 1952 La Borinquena was the national anthem of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

The government of Puerto Rico honored Juncos after his death, she named a school in Mayagüez and one of the most important trade routes in San Juan to him.

• Publicist
• Author
• Literature ( Spanish)
• Poetry
• Culture (Puerto Rico)
• Person (Puerto Rico)
• Spaniard
• Born in 1846
• Died in 1928
• Man