Author · Puerto Rico (United States)
René Marqués
Died in 1979
René Marqués was born in Arecibo on 4 October 1919. An agronomist who graduated from the Mayagüez college in 1942, he then studied in Madrid, and later dramatic art at Columbia thanks to a Rockefeller Foundation grant. In 1951 he co-founded the experimental theatre of the Ateneo de San Juan and for a long time directed the publications of the Division of Community Education. A supporter of Puerto Rican independence and a critic of Governor Muñoz Marín, he wrote for the stage, as well as short stories, novels and essays. He died in San Juan in 1979.
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- TheatreThe OxcartLa carretaRené Marqués · 1953Literature