Isabel Cuchí Coll (March 28, 1904 – December 22, 1993) was a journalist, writer and the Director of the (Society of Puerto Rican Authors). She came from a family of
Puerto Rican historians and politicians.
Early life and education
Cuchí Coll was one of six siblings born to Luisa Coll y Cuchí (daughter of
Cayetano Coll y Toste) and Luis Cuchí Arnau in
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Arecibo (; ) is a Arecibo barrio-pueblo, city and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado, Puerto Rico, Utuado and Ciales, Puerto Rico, Ciale ...
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["Figuras Historicas De Puerto Rico, Vol. 2" ; Editor: Adolfo R. Lopez; Page 5 and 6; 2000. Publisher: Editorial Codillera, Inc.; .]
Cuchí Coll's grandfather Dr.
Cayetano Coll y Toste (1850–1930), was a historian and writer.
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at www.zonai.com Nuevo Dia] Her uncle
José Coll y Cuchí was the founder of the
Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and her other uncle
Cayetano Coll y Cuchí, was once the President of
Puerto Rico House of Representatives
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Her cousin (José's daughter)
Edna Coll was an educator and author who founded the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico.
Her second cousin, (Edna's son),
Jose "Fufi" Santori Coll was a former BSN basketball player, coach and television sportscaster.
She studied journalism after completing her formal primary and secondary education. In the 1920s, Cuchi Coll moved to
New York City
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with her parents and resided at West 84th Street in
Manhattan
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. After her father died, she and her brothers Louis, Victor, Enrique and sisters Margarita and Conchita where raised by their mother.
[, a guitarist from Paraguay during the concert "La Momia del Cacique" presented in the San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan's Teatro Paramount. The interview was published in the ''Puerto Rico Ilustrado'' magazine with a photo of Barrios Mangoré dressed as ]Cacique
A cacique, sometimes spelled as cazique (; ; feminine form: ), was a tribal chieftain of the Taíno people, who were the Indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, the Greater Antilles, and the northern Lesser Antilles at the time of European cont ...
Mangoré dedicated to Cuchí Coll. The interview, which was recovered recently, is considered as historically important by the authorities of Paraguay because it gives the only known published impression of the artist in regard to the legend of the Cacique mommy.”LA MOMIA DEL CACIQUE” por: Carlos Salcedo Centurión
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Cuchí Coll was named director of the "Sociedad de Autores Puertorriqueños" (Society of Puerto Rican Authors).
Later life
In her later years, she contributed to the promotional program of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture. On December 22, 1993, Cuchí Coll died in San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Written works
Among her written works in Spanish are the following:
Other
Two of her most important written works are "Mujer (1945))" (Woman) and the drama "La Familia de Justo Malgenio (1961)) (The family of Just Bad mood).
See also
*List of Puerto Ricans
This is a list of notable people from Puerto Rico which includes people who were born in Puerto Rico (Borinquen) and people who are of full or partial Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican descent. Puerto Rican citizens are included, as the governm ...
* History of women in Puerto Rico
References
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1904 births
1993 deaths
Puerto Rican journalists
People from Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican women writers
Puerto Rican people of Irish descent
20th-century American women writers
American women non-fiction writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century journalists