Rosario Ferré
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Dr. Rosario Ferré (born 1938, in Ponce, Puerto Rico), is a well known Puerto Rican writer, poet and essayist.
Rosario was born into one of Puerto Rico's wealthiest families. Her parents were Lorenza Ramirez de Arrellano and the late Luis A. Ferré, the former governor of Puerto Rico. She received her primary and secondary education in Ponce. In her youth, Rosario was an independence advocate, despite the fact that her father was pro-statehood. Later in life, she also became an advocate of statehood. Upon graduating from high school she went to the United States and earned her bachelor of arts degree from Manhattanville College.
Rosario returned to Puerto Rico where in the 1970s she enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico to work on her masters degree. During her tenure as a student, Rosario began her writing career as the founder, editor and publisher of the journal Zona de Carga y Descarga. The journal was devoted to publishing new writers and to promoting the ideas of the independence movement. Rosario also has written and published poems and a biography of her father.
In 1977, Rosario published a collection of her literary essays titled Sitio a Eros, which promoted political and social themes. Upon earning her masters degree, Rosario enrolled in University of Maryland where she graduated with a Ph.D. in Latin American Literature.
Rosario's books include, among others, The Youngest Doll, The Battle of Virgins, The House on the Lagoon, Sweet Diamond Dust, Flight of the Swan and Eccentric Neighborhoods.
In 1992, Rosario was the recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award from the Frankfurt Book Fair. In 1997, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University. Rosario was a Guggenheim fellowship recipient in 2004.
Dr. Rosario Ferré is currently a professor at the University of Puerto Rico and a contributing editor for the San Juan Star, Puerto Rico's English language newspaper. Rosario is also a visiting professor at Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University.
Rosario's aunt was the late Sor Isolina Ferre.
