Luis Rechani Agrait
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Luis Rechani Agrait was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and playwright.
After schooling in Aguas Buenas and Río Piedras, Rechani Agrait moved to the USA to study Natural Sciences at Harvard and Richmond. Returning to Puerto Rico in 1924, he worked on various newspapers (particularly El Mundo and El Nuevo Día) and in teaching.
His literary work can be situated as part of the "Generation of the 1930s," and paid particular attention to social and historical issues.
After schooling in Aguas Buenas and Río Piedras, Rechani Agrait moved to the USA to study Natural Sciences at Harvard and Richmond. Returning to Puerto Rico in 1924, he worked on various newspapers (particularly El Mundo and El Nuevo Día) and in teaching.
His literary work can be situated as part of the "Generation of the 1930s," and paid particular attention to social and historical issues.
Publications
- Paginas de la Rosa (1928) (book intended for second graders)
- Una nube en el viento (1929) (poems for children)
Plays
- Mi señoría (1940)
- Todos los ruiseñores cantan (1964)
- ¿Cómo se llama esta flor? (1965)
- Tres piraguas en un día de calor (1970) - an evening of three-one act comedies (El Tesoro, La Compañía, El Pececito Dorado)
- Llora en el atardecer la fuente (1971)
- ¡Oh, dorada ilusión de alas abiertas! (1978)
- El extraño caso del señor Oblomós (1982) - based on the novel Oblonov, by Russian writer Ivan A. Goncharov
See also
- List of Puerto Rican writers
- List of famous Puerto Ricans
- Puerto Rican literature