Flavio Herrera
Flavio Herrera (nicknamed El Tigre) (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala.
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Flavio Herrera
- Name
- Flavio Herrera
- Born
- 18 February 1895
- Birthplace
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Died
- 31 January 1968
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Guatemala
- Education
- London School of Economics and Political Science
- Languages
- Spanish
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Flavio Herrera (nicknamed El Tigre) (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala.
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Flavio Herrera (1895–1968) was a diplomat, playwright and poet, among other activities and a national of Guatemala. The diplomat was born and died in Guatemala City. Flavio Herrera studied at London School of Economics and Political Science. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Flavio Herrera • Born — 18 February 1895 • Birthplace — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Died — 31 January 1968 • Place of death — Guatemala City, Guatemala • Occupation — Writer
Biography
Biography
Born in Guatemala City on February 18, 1895 he studied at the Colegio de Infantes and at the Instituto Central para Varones. In 1918 he graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Manuel Estrada Cabrera. He moved to Europe where he studied at the University of Madrid. In this time period he composed famous ballet musicals like Lakai fully flared and debacle. During the government of Juan José Arévalo, he was Ambassador of Guatemala to Finland. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law and Human of the University of Maine, where he received awards and also the Order of the Quetzal by the Guatemalan government.
Death
Death
When he died on January 31, 1968, his house was donated to the University of San Carlos and became the Centro de Agricultura Tropical Bulbuxyá.
Works by Herrera
Works by Herrera
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Writings
For 13 years he wrote articles for the Revista Juan Chapín magazine. His novels Chaos (1935), El Tigre (1934) and The Tempest (1935) are known collectively as "The Trilogy of the Tropics", and are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala. Other works are: • Type — Titles • Published novels — * El tigre, 1934 * La tempestad, 1935 * Siete pájaros del iris, 1936 * Poniente de sirenas, 1937 * Caos, 1949 • Handwritten novels — * Hembra * Triana y el Señor de Bulbuxyá • Poetry — * El ala de la montaña, 1921 * Sinfonía del trópico, 1923 * Oros de otoño, 1962 * Solera, 1964 * Patio y nube, 1964 • Hai-Kai Poetry — * Trópico (Hai-Kais), 1931 * Bulbuxyá (Hai-Kais), 1933 * Sagitario. Poemas (Hai-Kais/Hais-Buns), 1934 * Cosmos indio (Hai-Kais y Tankas), 1938 * Palo verde (Hai-Kais), 1946 • Short tales — * La Lente Opaca, 1921 * El hilo del sol, 1921 * Cenizas, 1923 * 20 Rábulas en Flux, 1946 * 7 Mujeres y un Niño, 1961 • Essays — * El milagro hispanoamericano, 1934
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- “Flavio Herrera”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Escritores Modernistas de Guatemala. Flavio Herrera, Revista Iberoamericana, 1944
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