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
Guatemala City ( es, Ciudad de Guatemala), known locally as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Guatemala, and the most populous urban area in Central America. The city is located in the south-central part of the country, ne ...
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
Juan José Arévalo Bermejo (10 September 1904 – 8 October 1990) was a Guatemalan professor of philosophy who became Guatemala's first democratically elected president in 1945. He was elected following a popular uprising against the United ...
, he was Ambassador of Guatemala to
Finland
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. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law and Human of the
University of Maine
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, where he received awards and also the
Order of the Quetzal
The Order of the Quetzal (Spanish: Orden del Quetzal) is Guatemala’s highest honor.
History and award conditions
Established in 1936, it is bestowed by the Government of Guatemala
Politics of Guatemala takes place in a framework of a p ...
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:
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.
References
Works by Herrera
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External links
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Page at the Guatemalan literature websiteFlavio Herrera recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on Sept. 23, 1960
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Guatemalan male writers
Guatemalan male short story writers
Guatemalan short story writers
Guatemalan diplomats
1895 births
1968 deaths
Ambassadors of Guatemala to Finland
Academic staff of Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
Order of the Quetzal