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El Fígaro
El Fígaro was a Cuban magazine published in Havana from 1885 to 1929, with irregular publications continuing until 1933. It began as a sports magazine, but evolved into a more general interest consumer magazine and became "the driving force of the Cuban press and of national culture." El Fígaro included sections on theatre, literature, music, and Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Many of Cuba's early revolutionary writers, poets, painters, artists, journalists, and activists contributed to this magazine. The National Library of Cuba writes of El Fígaro: "Without a doubt, El Fígaro is among the most representative periodical publications of the 19th century in Cuba. Its content and illustrations are a reflection of our culture and show the development of the press in the largest of the Antilles, a luxury magazine that, over time, its almost obligatory consultation brings us extraordinary results." History On July 23, 1885, El Fígaro was founded by Rafael Bár ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Figaro 1909
EL, El or el may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional entities * El, a List of Shugo Chara! characters#El, character from the manga series ''Shugo Chara!'' by Peach-Pit * Eleven (Stranger Things), Eleven (''Stranger Things'') (El), a fictional character in the TV series ''Stranger Things'' * El, family name of Kal-El (Superman) and his father Jor-El in the Superman dynasty * E.L. Faldt, character in the road comedy film ''Road Trip (2000 film), Road Trip'' Music * Él Records, an independent record label from the UK founded by Mike Alway * Él (Lucerito album), ''Él ''(Lucerito album), a 1982 album by Lucerito * "Él", Spanish song by Rubén Blades from the album ''Caminando (album), Caminando'' * Él (Lucía song), "Él" (Lucía song), the Spanish entry performed by Lucía in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 Other media * ''Él'', 1926 autobiographical novel by Mercedes Pinto * Él (film), ''Él'' (film), a 1953 film by Luis Buñuel based on the 1926 novel * Él (visual n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justo De Lara
Justo () is a Spanish surname and male given name meaning ''just'', i.e. ''fair''. Given name Notable people with this given name include: * Justo Albarracín (born 1951), Argentine equestrian * Justo Almario (born 1949), Colombian musician * Justo José Caraballo (1914–2003), Argentine swimmer * Justo Daract (1804–1887), Argentine politician * Justo de Santa María de Oro (1772–1836), Argentine statesman and bishop * Justo Figuerola (1770–1854), Peruvian president * Justo Gallego Martínez (born 1925), Spanish monk * Justo Giani (born 1999), Argentine football player * Justo Iturralde (1905–1981), Argentine equestrian * Justo Jacquet (born 1961), Paraguayan football player * Justo Jorge Padrón (1943–2021), Spanish poet, essayist and translator * Justo José de Urquiza (1801–1870), Argentine general and politician * Justo L. González (born 1937), Cuban theologist * Justo Oscar Laguna (1929–2011), Argentine bishop * Justo Pastor Lynch (1755–1830), Argentine l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Vinyals
María Vinyals y Ferrés (1875–1940s), also known as the Marquise of Ayerbe, was a Spanish publicist and essayist. Biography Born in the Castle of Soutomaior, province of Pontevedra, on 14 August 1875. She inherited goods from her uncles the marquises de la Vega y Armijo. She married Juan Jordán de Urríes, marquis of Ayerbe in 1896. In 1904 she published ''El Castillo del Marqués de Mos en Sotomayor''. Vinyals, became an acquaintance of Emilia Pardo Bazán, María Barbeito and Carmen de Burgos, joined the Ateneo de Madrid in 1906. She founded the Ibero-American Centre for Female Popular Culture, an institution looking to teach girls unable to receive other kind of education. In 1909, following the decease of the marquis of Ayerbe, Vinyals married the Cuban physician Enrique Lluria. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), Vinyals was affiliated to the Female Socialist Aggrupation of Madrid. She wrote several columns in journals such as ''El Imparcial'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sotero Figueroa
Sotero Figueroa Hernández (1851 - October 5, 1923) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He studied at the school of Rafael Cordero in San Juan, and was later known for his work as a journalist, dramatist, speaker and author of biographical essays. He was also a loyal defender of Puerto Rican and Cuban independence. Figueroa died and was buried in Cuba in 1923. Early years Figueroa was born in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, in 1851 and is believed to have studied at the Rafael Cordero school in San Juan. In his youth, he was apprenticed to the office of the typographer in the capital printing press of the liberal and Puerto Rican abolitionist, José Julián Acosta, a former student of maestro Rafael Cordero. Writing Before moving to New York, Figueroa’s first job as a writer in Puerto Rico was in Ramon Marín’s print shop, Establicimiento Tipográphico; there he wrote pieces for ''La Crónica'' and ''El Pueblo'' and acted as editor of these in Marín's absence. Figueroa be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Méndez Capote
Sarah Méndez-Capote y Chaple was a Cuban writer, poet, translator, suffragist, and feminist activist. She was the sister of writer Renée Méndez Capote. Life and work The daughter of Domingo Méndez Capote and María Chaple y Suárez, she published some of her poetic work in ''Revista de la Habana'' in the early 1930s. She also contributed to the avant-garde journal ''Social'' and to ''El Fígaro''. As a women's rights activist, she was one of the founders of the Lyceum on 1 December 1928, one of the "most cultural and intellectual" feminist organizations of the era, formed by her sister Renée, Berta Arocena de Martínez Márquez, Carmen Castellanos, Matilde Martínez Márquez, Carmelina Guanche, Alicia Santamaría, Ofelia Tomé, Dulce Marta Castellanos, Lilliam Mederos, Rebeca Gutiérrez, Mary Caballero, María Josefa Vidaurreta, and María Teresa Moré. The group advocated for women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariano Brull
Mariano Brull Caballero (February 24, 1891 – June 8, 1956) was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stéphane Mallarmé and Paul Valéry. Among Cuban poets of the first half of the 20th century he was the most outstanding of those who wrote poetry for poetry's sake, as opposed to poetry that addressed social issues or poetry that was inspired by the culture of Cubans of African descent. Because of his interest in the sounds of words, he is known for a type of poetry called "jitanjáfora" in which the words are virtually meaningless, their sounds all-important. A diplomat by profession, he lived many years in various countries of Europe and the Americas. Biography Brull was born in Camagüey, in eastern Cuba, where his father, Miguel Brull, a Spanish army officer, was stationed. His mother, Celia Caballero, was descended from a family that had resided in Cuba for many generations. Early life As a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Ángel Quevedo Pérez
Miguel Ángel Quevedo y Pérez was a Cuban journalist, newspaper director, and magazine publisher. He created Revista Bohemia, ''Bohemia'', which became the most popular magazine in Cuba, and still in existence is the oldest consumer magazine in all of Latin America. Quevedo created the Asociación de Scouts de Cuba, Cuban Scouting Movement. After suffering from a terminal illness, Quevedo committed suicide in 1929. Creator of Bohemia In the early 1900s, before starting ''Bohemia'', Quevedo worked as a journalist for ''El Fígaro, El Figaro.'' On May 10, 1908, Quevedo first published the magazine ''Bohemia'', which he named after his favorite opera, La bohème, by Giacomo Puccini.'''' Within the pages of ''Bohemia,'' Quevedo created a sense of Cuban nationalism. The first run of the magazine folded after a few issues, after suffering financial problems. Quevedo Pérez also had to attend to the birth and raising of his child. An additional note is that in this early era of me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorio De Laferrère
Gregorio de Laferrère (March 8, 1867 — November 30, 1913) was an Argentine politician and playwright. Life and work Gregorio de Laferrère was born in Buenos Aires to Mercedes Pereda, a local heiress, and Alfonso de Laferrère, a prominent French Argentine landowner. One of three brothers, he earned his secondary school education at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He began a career in journalism, and wrote for the satirical ''El Fígaro'' briefly under the pseudonym of "Abel Stewart Escalada." Joining his family for a visit to Paris on the occasion of the Exposition Universelle (1889), 1889 World's Fair, he lost his father to a sudden illness while in the French capital; there, however, he became acquainted with the theatre after attending a number of performances of Molière's works by the Comédie-Française. Returning to Argentina, he joined a friend, writer José María Miró, as an active member of the ruling National Autonomist Party, and in 1891, was elected the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Manuel Acosta Bello
José Manuel Acosta y Bello was a Cuban painter, photographer, cartoonist, sculptor, and artist. Biography He graduated with first letters from a Catholic Seminary. After graduating, he became a clerk of an "old style" business house, commission agent, bookkeeper, used car salesman, alcohol tax inspector, and failed business shareholder. His brother was the famous Cuban poet Agustín Acosta Bello - who was the National Poet of Cuba before the Cuban Revolution. Acosta would often illustrate his brother's poems that would appear in magazines like ''Social'' and '' Carteles.'' By the age of 35, he had submitted at least 35 drawings to Conrado Massaguer to be reviewed and printed in ''Social'' alongside his brother's work. In 1930, Acosta traveled to New York City to work out of the ''Social'' bureau there. He moved into residence on Riverside Drive in Manhattan. From New York, he contributed images of New York, and images of modern airplanes for ''Social.'' Acosta also helped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agustín Acosta (poet)
Agustín Acosta y Bello (1886–1979) was a Cubans, Cuban poet, essayist, writer and politician. Acosta is considered by historians to be one of the most important Cuban writers of the twentieth century, and one of the three most important poets in the entire history of Cuba. Acosta was a Revolutionary, revolutionary activist, and his poetry reflected his Cuban nationalism. He was both the National poet of Cuba and also one of its Senators, when the Republic still existed. He won awards for his poetry, but also spent time as a political prisoner for criticizing the Cuban President. He lambasted the hegemonic powers of the United States in the Caribbean, but also went into exile there in the last years of his life. Acosta's brother was José Manuel Acosta Bello, José Manuel Acosta y Bello, one of the most famous Cuban political cartoonists of his day, who illustrated most of Acosta's poems when they were published in magazines. Early life Acosta's parents were migrants to Cuba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Margarita Ordetx
Isabel Margarita Ordetx y Cruz Prieto (1897 – ) was a Cuban writer, poet, and feminist activist. She contributed to various publications of her country as a chronicler, including ''Heraldo de Cuba'', ''La Discusión'', ''El Fígaro'', '' la Bohemia'', ''América'', ''Las Antillas'', and ''Arte. Revista Universal''. She was also editor of ''La Mujer'', together with Aída Peláez de Villa Urrutia and Domitila García de Coronado Domitila García Doménico de Coronado (7 May 1847 – 1938) was a Cuban writer, journalist, editor, and professor, considered to be the first women to practice journalism in her country. Biography Domitila García Doménico de Coronado was born .... She launched the women's magazine ''Vanidades'' with Josefina Mosquera in 1937, and was its editor-in-chief from 1937 to 1952. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ordetx, Isabel Margarita 20th-century Cuban poets Cuban magazine editors Cuban women magazine editors Cuban women poets Cuban women activists C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicente Acosta
Vicente Acosta (24 July 1867 – 24 July 1908) was a Salvadoran poet. Born in Apopa, Acosta published various diaries and papers, notably ''Diario del Salvador'', ''La juventud salvadoreña'', ''La república de Centro América'', and ''El Fígaro''. He was active in the newspaper ''La Unión'', in which he signed under the pseudonym ''Flirt''. At the time of the coup d'état of the Antonio brothers and Carlos Ezeta in 1890, Acosta was forced to flee from the country and did not return until it ended in 1894. In 1904, he was founding director of ''La Quincena'', an important cultural and scientific journal of the time. He participated with such people as Francisco Gavidia, Santiago I. Barberena and cousin of the writer, Arthur Ambrogi. According to David Escobar Galindo, Acosta was "one with romantic impulse, but soon found it better to write in modernism. He was modernist in two slopes: cosmic-metaphysics and vernacular".David Escobar Galindo, ''Indice Antológico de la Poesí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
