Luis Alfredo Torres

Luis Alfredo Torres (born October 18, 1935 in Barahona , † May 1, 1992 in Santo Domingo ) was a Dominican poet, journalist and critic.

Torres attended Long Island City High School in New York and studied social communication at the Institute of Journalism in Los Angeles, as well as arts and psychology. He was editor-in-chief of the bilingual weekly El Despertar Americano in California , worked as a columnist and editor for the newspapers El Caribe and La Nación, and was a member of the Sociedad de Escritores Dominicanos and the Ateneo Dominicano. As an author, although much younger, he becomes the lyricists of the Generación del 48 attributed.

Works

Linterna sorda , 1958
31 racimos de sangre , 1962
Los días irreverentes , 1966
Alta realidad , 1970
Canto a Proserpina , 1972
Los bellos rostros , 1973
Ciudad cerrada , 1974
Sesiones espirituales , 1975
El amor que iba y que venía , 1976
El enfermo lejano , 1977
Oscuro litoral , 1980
Antología poética , Ediciones de la Biblioteca Nacional, Santo Domingo, 1985

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personal data
SURNAME	Torres, Luis Alfredo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican poet, journalist and critic
DATE OF BIRTH	October 18, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barahona
DATE OF DEATH	May 1, 1992
Place of death	Santo Domingo