José Coronel Urtecho

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José Coronel Urtecho

José Coronel Urtecho
Born February 28, 1906 (1906-02-28)
Died March 19, 1994
Cause of death cancer
Nationality Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua
Spouse María Kautz Gross
Children Blanca, Carlos, Ricardo, Manuel, Luis
Parents Manuel Coronel Matus, Blanca Urtecho Avilés
Relatives Edgar Chamorro

José Coronel Urtecho (February 28, 1906 - March 19, 1994) was a Nicaraguan poet, translator, essayist, critic, narrator, playwright, diplomat and historian. He has been described as "the most influential Nicaraguan thinker of the twentieth century."[1] After an attraction to fascism in the 1930s, he became a strong supporter of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1977.[2]

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He was born on February 28, 1906 in Granada, Nicaragua the son of Manuel Coronel Matus and Blanca Urtecho Avilés. Urtecho moved to San Francisco, California in 1924 after graduating from Universidad Centroamericana.[2] He is credited with founding the Vanguard Literary Movement which developed between 1929 and 1933. In 1934, he launched La Reacción, a newspaper where he advanced pro-fascist ideas. However, after recovering from a mental crisis while serving as a diplomat in New York city and Madrid, Urtecho decided to write about the history of Nicaragua in 1959 [2], after which time he became a strong critic of the various Somoza administrations which had ruled Nicaragua since 1934.

He married María Kautz Gross. One of his sons, Ricardo, would be a member of Los Doce; another, Carlos, would be a key adviser of Edén Pastora. Currently, his son Manuel serves as Nicaragua's vice minister of foreign relations. Nephews include Ernesto Cardenal, himself an influential poet and author, and Edgar Chamorro.

José Coronel Urtecho spent his latter years residing near San Carlos in southern Nicaragua and died of cancer on March 19, 1994. [3]

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  1. ^ Arturo Cruz, Jr. Memoirs of a Counter-Revolutionary: 75
  2. ^ a b c "Diccionario de Escritores Nicaragüenses: José Coronel Urtecho". Retrieved on 2007-07-30. (Spanish) 
  3. ^ "Jose Coronel Urtecho, Poet and Diplomat, 88," The New York Times, March 21, 1994

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