René Marqués

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René Marqués (born October 4, 1919 in Arecibo , Puerto Rico , † March 22, 1979 in San Juan ) was a Puerto Rican writer.

Life

Marqués first completed an agricultural school and graduated as an agronomist . From 1942 onwards he studied at university in Madrid , Columbia and New York . He worked as a narrator, novelist and playwright.

Works (selection)

  • El hombre y sus sueños , 1948
  • El miedo , 1948
  • La carreta , 1952
  • Otro día nuestro , 1955
  • La víspera del hombre , 1958
  • La casa sin reloj , 1960
  • En una ciudad Ilamada San Juan , 1962
  • El apartamento , 1963
  • Carnaval afuera, carnaval adentro , 1971

literature