Enrique Laguerre

Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez (July 15, 1905 – June 16, 2005) was a teacher, novelist, playwright, critic, and newspaper columnist from Moca, Puerto Rico.Married for many years to the well-respected writer Luz V. Romero García, he also worked in many Puerto Rican publications before joining the staff of El Vocero.In 1998, his peers as well as former governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Luis A. Ferré, advocated for Laguerre to be considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature.His body was buried on the grounds of the Palacete Los Moreau, an old hacienda restored as a museum, in his native town of Moca.[2] Following in the steps of Manuel Zeno Gandía, Laguerre's most influential work focused on the problems of the colonized society.
The Labadie Mansion inspired Enrique Laguerre to write La Llamarada . The property was restored as a museum and renamed the "Palacete Los Moreau", in honor of Laguerre’s fictional characters.
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