Luis Lloréns Torres

Luis Llorens Torres ( born May 14, 1876 in Juana Díaz, Puerto Rico, † June 16, 1944 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico ) was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, journalist and politician who for the independence of his homeland began.

Life

His parents Luis Aurelio del Carmen Llorens and Marcelina Soledad de Torres were rich owner of a coffee plantation, which is why he had a close contact with nature. After his school education in Mayagüez and Maricao he went to Spain. At the University of Barcelona, ​​he studied law and at the University of Granada, he earned a doctorate in philosophy and literature. During his time in Spain he published his first volume of poetry, Al Pie de la Alhambra, which he dedicated to his girlfriend Carmen Rivero.

In 1901 he returned to Puerto Rico, where he married and moved to Ponce, where he founded his own lawyer bufette ( Nemesio Canales joined the later) and collaborated with the newspaper Lienzos del Solar. During this time he wrote his works Sonetos Sinfonicos, Voces de la Campana Major and Alturas de America.

The political situation had changed considerably during his absence, since Puerto Rico was annexed by the United States. Therefore Torres joined the Unionist party that defended the ideal of independence. El Patito Feo In his poem ( The Ugly Duckling ), he conveyed his views. From 1908 to 1910 he was a member as a representative of Ponce Chamber of Deputies. On 8 February 1912 he wrote with Matienzo Cintrón, Manuel Zeno Gandía and the other a manifesto that saw the time for the independence of Puerto Rico. The authors of the manifesto founded by Eugenio Benítez Castaño, and Pedro Franceschi the Indepence Party, whose sole aim was the independence. Castaño was president of the short-lived party. 1913 created Nemesio Canales Torres with the literary publication La Revista de Las Antillas. Until his death, he fought for independence.

The Puerto Rican government named a building project after him. Also a street in San Juan, a High School in Juana Diaz, and a Children's Academy in New York City bear his name. In addition, statues stand in front of the aforementioned high school and Plazita Famosa in Juana Diaz.

• Author
• Puerto Ricans
• Born 1876
• Died in 1944
• Man