Edna Coll Pujals (July 24, 1906 – November 19, 2002) was a Puerto Rican educator and author. She was president of the Society of Puerto Rican Authors in San Juan. Coll was also the founder of the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico."Figuras Historicas De Puerto Rico, Vol. 2” ; Editor: Adolfo R. Lopez; Page 5 and 6; 2000. Publisher: Editorial Codillera, Inc.; .

Early life and education

Edna Coll Pujals was born in

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. Her parents were

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, a former President of

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"Edna Coll Pujol Vida Y Literatura Puerto Rico Ensayos Biography"; Biography & Autobiography; Language: Spanish; 1st Edition, Illustrated; Publication Year: 19720000 and Carmen Pujol Toste. Coll received her primary and secondary education in

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. She earned a doctorate in literature and arts from the

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."Tras las Huellas de Nuestro Paso"; by: Ildelfonso López; Publisher: AEELA, 1998

Career

Coll was the president of the local chapter of the American League of Professional Artists. She founded the Academy of Fine Arts in Puerto Rico in 1941. The academy, which is now known as the "Academia Edna Coll" (The Edna Coll Academy) and situated in San Juan, has served as the exposition center of art works by many of the Spaniard artists who fled Spain during the

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of the 1930s. Among the artists whose work has been exposed there are Angel Botello, Carlos Marichal, Cristobal Ruiz and Francisco Vazquez. Coll who presided over the academy from 1941 to 1954, was also a professor of fine arts at the University of Puerto Rico. In 1982, she served as president of the Society of the Puerto Rican Author. According to the editorial of "Indice informativo de la novela hispanoamericana, Volume 5":

"Dr. Edna Coll is known in the Latin American literary world for having consecrated more than twenty years to unravel the sense of fiction creation in Spanish-speaking America, and to organize this sense in synthesis and perspectives which surpass the nations where each one of these authors write."Editorial: "Indice informativo de la novela hispanoamericana, Volume 5"

Personal life

Coll came from a family of Puerto Rican educators, politicians and writers. Her grandfather Cayetano Coll y Toste (1850–1930), was a historian and writer.Biografías – Cayetano Coll y Toste
at www.zonai.com Nuevo Dia] Her brother, Cayetano Coll y Pujol was a prominent attorney and judge. Her uncle José Coll y Cuchí was the founder of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and her cousin Isabel Cuchí Coll was a journalist and author. Coll was married to Jose Santori and had two children, Vicente Santori Coll, an attorney and Fufi Santori. On November 19, 2002, she died in San Juan.Coll family
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Selected works

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