Biografia de abelardo diaz alfaro en ingles

Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916 - July 22, 1999) was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. Some say his actual year of birth was 1919, but officially itwas always announced as 1916. He was the son of The Rev. Abelardo Diaz Morales (a baptist minister) y Dona Asunción Alfaro Pratts (Doña Sunchita). His sibbling were Abigail, Dalila, Miriam, Priscilla,Raquel, Lydia y Samuel. His book Campo Alegre is a text that has been studied at schools in Austria, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand as well as all over the Americas.
Díaz Alfaro was born inCaguas, Puerto Rico, but soon after, his family moved to Ponce. He returned to Caguas to attend University and married Gladys Meaux, with whom he had 2 daughters and one son.
Díaz Alfaro obtained aBachelor's degree in Arts at the Instituto Politécnico de San Germán, which is now known as Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. He also obtained a title as a social worker, as well ascertificates in Spanish and Psychology.
He also obtained many honorary doctorates from different universities.[citation needed]
Some of his short stories, like "Peyo Mercé ensena inglés" or "Santa Cló va a laCuchilla" (in Terrazo) create a manichean dichotomy between unlearned Puerto Rican peasants and American invaders (portrayed through the mandatory teaching of the English language in Puerto Rico).Thus, a praise of layman culture is expressed throughout his short stories. The metaphor of weak or feminine Americans versus uneducated but brave Puerto Ricans is taken later by other writers like AnaLydia Vega
He was able to do conferences in many points of Latin America after reaching fame, including Mexico (at the Ateneo Español), Venezuela and many other countries. His books have beentranslated to English, Polish, Russian, German, French, Italian.

* Terrazo (published in 1947)
* Mi Isla Soñada
* Los Perros
* The Eye of the Heart
* United States in Literature
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