| Luis Llorens Torres | |
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 Luis Llorens Torres |
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| Born | May 14, 1876 Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico |
| Died | June 16, 1944 |
| Occupation | poet, playwright, politician |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
Luis Llorens Torres (May 14, 1876 - June 16, 1944) born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, and politician. Juana Díaz is a Municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juana Díaz is a Municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and Puerto Rico (ˌpwertoˈriko officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ("Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico" {{lang-en|"Associated Free State of Puerto Rico"}} A poet is a person who writes Poetry. Etymology From the Ancient greek: ποιέω, poieō: "I make or compose" A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person He was also an advocate for the independence of Puerto Rico. The political movement for Puerto Rican Independence ( Lucha por la Independencia Puertorriqueña) has existed since the mid-19th century and has advocated Independence
Life and career
Llorens' parents, Luis Aurelio del Carmen Llorens and Marcelina Soledad de Torres, were the wealthy owners of a coffee plantation. In Collores (a section of Juana Diaz), Llorens Torres was always in contact with nature, which accounts for the love that he felt for nature and country. Llorens always stated that he was proud to come from "Collores". Juana Díaz is a Municipality of Puerto Rico located in the southern coast of the island south of Jayuya, Ciales, Orocovis and His Catalan grandfather, Josep de Llorens i Robles, had immigrated from the village of Llorens, which belongs to the town of El Vendrell in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). Tarragona (tərəˈɣonə in Catalan) is a city located in the south of Catalonia and east of Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. Catalonia (Cataluña Catalunya Aranese: Catalonha) is an Autonomous Community in the northeast part of Spain.
He went to school in Mayagüez and Maricao. Mayagüez redirects here For the US ship of the same name see ''SS'' Mayagüez. Maricao (mah-ree-KOU is the second-least populous municipality of Puerto Rico located at the western edge of the mountains is a small town set around a small plaza Llorens Torres went to Spain after he finished his secondary studies on the island. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. He studied at the University of Barcelona and became a lawyer. The University of Barcelona (Officially in Universitat de Barcelona UB; in Spanish Universidad de Barcelona) is a public University located in the He then proceeded to study Philosophy and Letters at the University of Granada where he obtained a Doctorate degree in both disciplines. The University of Granada is a University at Granada, Spain, first founded by the Moors in 1349 and then officially founded in 1531 by the Emperor In Spain he published his first book of poetic verses "Al Pie de la Alhambra", which was dedicated to his girlfriend, Carmen Rivero.
He returned to Puerto Rico in 1901, married, and moved to Ponce where he established his own lawyers' bufette (Nemesio Canales later joined his bufette) and collaborated with the newspaper Lienzos del Solar. Ponce ( IPA) officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Southern Coastal Plain region Nemesio R Canales ( December 18, 1878 - September 14, 1923) was an essayist Journalist, Novelist, Playwright During this time he wrote some of his best works. was born out of love.
When Llorens Torres returned to Puerto Rico he found a political situation completely different then from the one that he had left. Puerto Rico had been annexed by the United States, thus motivating Llorens Torres to join the political Union Party which defended the ideal of independence for the island. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He transmitted his beliefs to the public through his poem "El Patito Feo" (The Ugly Duckling). He became a member of the legislature when he was named to the Camara of Delegates from 1908 to 1910 representing the municipality of Ponce. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ponce ( IPA) officially the Autonomous Municipality of Ponce, is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Southern Coastal Plain region On February 8, 1912, together with Matienzo Cintrón, Manuel Zeno Gandía y others, he wrote a manisfesto which stated that it was time for Puerto Rico to have its independence. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting That year he, Rosendo Matienzo Cintrón, Manuel Zeno Gandía, Eugenio Benítez Castaño, y Pedro Franceschi found the Independence party which was the first party in the history of the island to exclusively want Puerto Rican independence. Dr Manuel Zeno Gandía ( January 10, 1855 &ndash 1930 born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, wrote the Novel " La Charca " Eugenio Benítez Castaño was named president of the short lived political party. In 1913, Llorens Torres co-founded with Nemesio Canales La Revista de Las Antillas, a literary publication.
Llorens Torres died in Santurce, a sector of San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was a defender of the independence ideal until the day that he died.
The Government of Puerto Rico has honored the memory of Luis Llorens Torres by naming a public housing project in Santurce after him. Among the other things that were named after him are an avenue in San Juan, a high school in Juana Diaz, and a children's academy in New York City. The City of New York There is a bust of him in front of the high school named after him and there is a statue of Luis Llorens Torres, sculpted by the Puerto Rican sculptor Tomás Batista, in the "Plazita Famosa" of Juana Diaz. Tomás Batista (born 1935 is considered to be Puerto Rico 's greatest sculptor
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