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.
Flavio Herrera | |
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| Born | February 18, 1895 Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Died | January 31, 1968 (aged 72) Guatemala City, Guatemala |
| Nationality | Guatemalan |
| Occupation | Writer |
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.
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 |
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| Published novels | |
| Handwritten novels |
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| Poetry | |
| Hai-Kai Poetry |
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| Short tales | |
| Essays |
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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.
References
Works by Herrera
- Herrera, Flavio (1934). El tigre (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
- — (1935). La tempestad (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
- — (1936). Los siete pájaros del iris (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
- — (1937). Poniente de sirenas (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
- — (1949). Caos. Obras de Literatura y Arte (in Spanish). Vol. IV. Guatemala: Editorial Universitaria.
- — (1921). El ala de la montaña: versos viejos 1913-1918. Centenario Estado Federal de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: El Sol.
- — (1994) [1923]. La trilogía del trópico. Centenario Flavio Herrera 1895-1995 (in Spanish). Vol. 1. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
- — (1946). Palo Verde: Hai-kais (in Spanish). Guatemala: Artigas.
- — (1967) [1921]. La lente opaca. Biblioteca guatemalteca de cultura popular (in Spanish). Vol. 107. Guatemala: José de Pineda Ibarra.
- — (1923). Cenizas. Biblioteca Rojo y Azul (in Spanish). Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz.
- — (1946). 20 rábulas en flux: ensayo de picaresca (in Spanish). Guatemala: Artigas.
External links
Works related to Flavio Herrera at Wikisource- Page at the Guatemalan literature website (in Spanish)
- Flavio Herrera recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on Sept. 23, 1960