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Hugo Margenat (October 10, 1933 – April 7, 1957), was a Puerto Rican poet and Puerto Rican Independence advocate. His art was committed to serving a militant nationalistic agenda. He was the founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations "Acción Juventud Independentista" (Pro-independence Youth Action) and the "Federación de Universitarios Pro Independencia" (University Pro-Independence Federation of Puerto Rico).[1]
Early years
Margenat lived during an era in
Influential political events
Various events took place in Puerto Rico during the 1930s thru the 1950s, involving the
On May 21, 1948, a bill was introduced before the
Nationalism
At a young age Margenat became a follower of Pedro Albizu Campos and the ideals of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. In 1950, Puerto Ricans were sent by the
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Soldado: asesino de la patria
Hombre, rechaza el uniforme que denigra. |
Soldier: murderer of the fatherland
Man, reject the uniform that defames. |
Yo sé de la marinería borracha y sádica
que como una avalancha de blanco estiércol |
I know about the sadistic and drunken seamanship
that as an avalanche of white manure |
Yo sé de los aviones que ametrallaron
nuestros tejados en un día de octubre. |
I know of the airplanes that machine-gunned
our rooftops in a day of October. |
No olvides que la luz no pudo ser ocultada
y a su calor la patria suspiró transformándose |
Do not you forget that the light could not be hidden
and from its heat the fatherland sighed transforming |
In 1956, Margenat enrolled in the
Written works
Margenat's written works broke with the metaphysical approach of the transcendentalist poets who dominated the literary scene in the 1940s. His poem "Living Poetry" is cited and used as an example of the poetic term "Personification", a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human, by Handbook of Literary Terms.[19][20] The following is a selected list of some of his poems.[1]
- Primeros poemas (Vislumbres) (1950–1951) "First poems"
- Breves palabras de las horas prietas (1952–1953) "Brief words of the dark hours"
- Estancia Oscura (1952–1957) "Dark stay"
- Vibraciones de aire y tierra (1953–1954) "Vibrations of air and earth"
- Ventana hacia lo último (1953–1956) "Window toward the last thing"
- Lámpara apagada (1954) "Extinguished lamp"
- Intemperie (1955) "Elements"
- Mundo abierto (1956) "Open world"
- Erosavia
- Las horas de la tierra "The hours of the land"
- Tres voces de la sangre "Three voices of the blood"
- Llama de cielo roto "Flames of the broken sky"
- Los brazos y el mundo (1933–1957) "The arms and the world"
Legacy
On April 7, 1957 Margenat at the age of 24 years died of
Further reading
- "Hugo Margenat: poeta agónico"; by: Dr. Ramón Felipe Medina, Publishwe: Institute of Puerto Rican Culture; San Juan, PR. Ediciones y Taller Ciba, 2006.
- "Obras Completas"; Author:Hugo Margenat; Publisher: Instituto De Cultura Puertorriquena; ISBN/UPC: ZZ000EUEGE
- "Extinguished lamp: letters to Hugo Margenat, Puerto Rican poet, 1933–1957 (Into the teeth of the wind)"; by: John Ridland; Publisher: College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara (2000); ASIN: B0006S3VL6
See also
- Puerto Rican Nationalist Party Revolts of the 1950s
- List of Puerto Ricans
- List of Puerto Rican writers
- Puerto Rican literature
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