Antonio Martorell

Infobox writer


imagesize = 150px
name = Antonio Martorell
caption =
pseudonym =
birthname =
birthdate = April 18, 1939
birthplace = Santurce, Puerto Rico
deathdate =
deathplace =
occupation = writer, artist, broadcaster
nationality =
period =
genre =
subject =
movement =
notableworks = "La Piel de la Memoria"; "El Libro Dibujado"
spouse =
partner =
children = Alejandra Martorell and step father to Giovanni Rodriguez
relatives =
influences =
influenced =
awards = Bienal de Arte de San Juan


website =

Antonio Martorell was born on April 18, 1939 in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He is the son of Antonio Martorell II and Luisa Cardona. He is the first of three children. He is a well known Puerto Rican painter, graphic's artist, writer and radio and television personality. He first started showing interest in arts as a small child with drawings. He studied Diplomacy at Washington DC and then went to study Painting with Julio Martín Caro at Madrid. When he came back to Puerto Rico he started working at the workshop of Lorenzo Homar at the "Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico". He currently is the Resident Artist of the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey and directs the Museum Ramon Frade at the same institution.

As a writer, Martorell has written books such as "La Piel de la Memoria" (The Skin of Memory), and "El Libro Dibujado" (The Drawn Book). Martorell currently writes a column for "Escenario", a section of Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero.

He was the winner of the "Bienal de Arte de San Juan", and has illustrated books of several authors including Alma Rosa Flor, Heraclio Cepeda and Pura Belpré. He also illustrated the "ABC de Puerto Rico" of Troutman Press, this book was later burned by the Educational Department of Puerto Rico under Romero Barceló's administration.

His house in Cayey, Puerto Rico was subjected to arson in November 2006, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in art were lost.

He currently has a workshop in Ponce and another in New York. He is also the father of a dancer Alejandra Martorell and a step-father to Giovanni Rodriguez and a proud grandfather of Gael Rodriguez.

See also

*List of Puerto Rican writers
*List of famous Puerto Ricans
*Puerto Rican literature