Flavio Herrera


Flavio Herrera 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, El Tigre and The Tempest 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:

TypeTitles
Published novelsEl tigre, 1934La tempestad, 1935Siete pájaros del iris, 1936Poniente de sirenas, 1937Caos, 1949
Handwritten novelsHembraTriana y el Señor de Bulbuxyá
PoetryEl ala de la montaña, 1921Sinfonía del trópico, 1923Oros de otoño, 1962Solera, 1964Patio y nube, 1964
Hai-Kai PoetryTrópico, 1931Bulbuxyá, 1933Sagitario. Poemas, 1934Cosmos indio, 1938Palo verde, 1946
Short talesLa Lente Opaca, 1921El hilo del sol, 1921Cenizas, 192320 Rábulas en Flux, 19467 Mujeres y un Niño, 1961
EssaysEl milagro hispanoamericano, 1934


Death

When he died on January 31, 1968, his house was donated to the University of San Carlos and became the Centro de Agricultura Tropical Bulbuxyá.

Works by Herrera

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