| José Coronel Urtecho | |
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José Coronel Urtecho |
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| Born | February 28, 1906 |
| Died | March 19, 1994 |
| Cause of death | cancer |
| Nationality | Nicaragua |
| Spouse | María Kautz Gross |
| Children | Blanca, Carlos, Ricardo, Manuel, Luis |
| Parents | Manuel Coronel Matus, Blanca Urtecho Avilés |
| Relatives | Edgar Chamorro |
José Coronel Urtecho (28 February 1906 - 19 March 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]
He was born on 28 February 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 in which 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 in 1959 to write about the history of Nicaragua[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, became a member of Los Doce; another, Carlos, became a key adviser to 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 19 March 1994. [3]
His sister Dolores "Lola" Coronel Urtecho married Julio Chamorro Benard, son of Filadelfo Chamorro Bolaños and wife Bertha Benard Vivas and paternal grandson of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro, 39th President of Nicaragua, and wife María de la Luz Bolaños Bendaña, and had Edgar Chamorro Coronel, Chief of the Contras.
Jose Coronel Urtecho had a half brother from his father named , Luis Coronel Matus (Jr). Luis, was recognized only by his father, He took him away from his mother as he was not married to her. Luis Jr married Marina Grijalva. Their children: Luis Alfonso Coronel Grijalva and Maria Teresa Coronel Grijalva. Luis Coronel married Aminta Martinez, their only child: Veroushka Coronel Martinez. Maria Teresa Coronel married Gustavo Montalvan, their son: Gustavo Adolfo Montalvan Coronel. They divorced. Maria teresa Coronel second marriage to Juan Carlos Oporta, their children: Carlos Oporta Coronel, Cristian Oporta Coronel and Agusto Oporta Coronel.
Jose CoronelUrtecho grew up with Luis Jr who lived with his aunt Dolores Coronel "Lola". Luis Coronel Matus Jr. has been excluded from his father biography. He died in 1979.