Félix María del Monte

Félix María del Monte (born November 19, 1819 in Santo Domingo , † April 23, 1899 ibid ) was a Dominican lawyer , journalist and poet .

Del Monte was committed to the independence of the Dominican Republic throughout his life . He belonged to the secret organization La Trinitaria and wrote the text for the hymn of the first republic in 1844, which was set to music by Juan Bautista Alfonseca . In 1845 he was the first Dominican to receive the title of lawyer from the Supreme Court.

In exile on Saint Thomas he wrote El arpa del proscrito in 1855 and after the renewed Spanish annexation of the Dominican Republic in 1861 the sonnet A mi patria . During the Second Republic, he was Congressman and Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Justice, taught law and literature, and founded the magazines El Dominocano and El Porvenir . He wrote several dramas that were performed at the Teatro La República .

Works

Las vírgenes de Galindo o La invasión de los haitianos sobre la parte española de la Isla de Santo Domingo, 9 de febrero de 1822 , 1885
Antonio Duvergé o Las víctimas del 14 de April , 1894
El mendigo de la catedral de Lyon , 1894
Ozama, o la virgen indígena , 1894
El artista Antonio Brito , 1894
El último abencerraje , 1894
El premio de los pichones
Un vals de Strauss

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personal data
SURNAME	Del Monte, Félix María
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican lawyer, journalist and poet
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santo Domingo
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1899
Place of death	Santo Domingo