Flavio Herrera

Flavio Herrera
Born	February 18, 1895 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Died	January 31, 1968 (aged 72) Guatemala City, Guatemala
Nationality	Guatemalan
Occupation	Writer

Flavio Herrera (nicknamed El Tigre) (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala.

Biography

Born in Guatemala City on February 18, 1895 he studied at the Colegio de Infantes and at the Instituto Central para Varones. In 1918 he graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

He moved to Europe where he studied at the University of Madrid.

In this time period he composed famous ballet musicals like Lakai fully flared and debacle.

During the government of Juan José Arévalo, he was Ambassador of Guatemala to Finland. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law and Human of the University of Maine, where he received awards and also the Order of the Quetzal by the Guatemalan government.

Writings

For 13 years he wrote articles for the Revista Juan Chapín magazine. His novels Chaos (1935), El Tigre (1934) and The Tempest (1935) are known collectively as "The Trilogy of the Tropics", and are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala. Other works are:

Type	Titles
Published novels	El tigre, 1934[1] La tempestad, 1935[2] Siete pájaros del iris, 1936[3] Poniente de sirenas, 1937[4] Caos, 1949[5]
Handwritten novels	Hembra Triana y el Señor de Bulbuxyá
Poetry	El ala de la montaña, 1921[6] Sinfonía del trópico, 1923[7] Oros de otoño, 1962 Solera, 1964 Patio y nube, 1964
Hai-Kai Poetry	Trópico (Hai-Kais), 1931 Bulbuxyá (Hai-Kais), 1933 Sagitario. Poemas (Hai-Kais/Hais-Buns), 1934 Cosmos indio (Hai-Kais y Tankas), 1938 Palo verde (Hai-Kais), 1946[8]
Short tales	La Lente Opaca, 1921[9] El hilo del sol, 1921 Cenizas, 1923[10] 20 Rábulas en Flux, 1946[1] 7 Mujeres y un Niño, 1961
Essays	El milagro hispanoamericano, 1934

Death

When he died on January 31, 1968, his house was donated to the University of San Carlos.

References

1. Herrera 1934.
2. Herrera 1935.
3. Herrera 1936.
4. Herrera 1937.
5. Herrera 1949.
6. Herrera 1921.
7. Herrera 1994.
8. Herrera 1946.
9. Herrera 1967.
10. Herrera 1923.

Works by Herrera

• Herrera, Flavio (1934). El tigre (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
• — (1935). La tempestad (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
• — (1936). Los siete pájaros del iris (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
• — (1937). Poniente de sirenas (in Spanish). Guatemala: Unión tipográfica.
• — (1949). Caos. Obras de Literatura y Arte (in Spanish). IV. Guatemala: Editorial Universitaria.
• — (1921). El ala de la montaña: versos viejos 1913-1918. Centenario Estado Federal de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala: El Sol.
• — (1994) [1923]. La trilogía del trópico. Centenario Flavio Herrera 1895-1995 (in Spanish). 1. Guatemala: Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
• — (1946). Palo Verde: Hai-kais (in Spanish). Guatemala: Artigas.
• — (1967) [1921]. La lente opaca. Biblioteca guatemalteca de cultura popular (in Spanish). 107. Guatemala: José de Pineda Ibarra.
• — (1923). Cenizas. Biblioteca Rojo y Azul (in Spanish). Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz.
• — (1946). 20 rábulas en flux: ensayo de picaresca (in Spanish). Guatemala: Artigas.

External links

• Works related to Flavio Herrera at Wikisource
• Page at the Guatemalan literature website (Spanish)