Luis Rechani Agrait

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name = Luis Rechani Agrait


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birthdate = 1902
birthplace = Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
deathdate = 1997
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occupation = poet, playwright, journalist
nationality = Puerto Rico
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Luis Rechani Agrait (b. Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico 1902 - 1997) was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and playwright.

After schooling in Aguas Buenas and Río Piedras, Rechani Agrait moved to the USA to study Natural Sciences at Harvard and Richmond. Returning to Puerto Rico in 1924, he worked on various newspapers (particularly "El Mundo" and "El Nuevo Día") and in teaching.

His literary work can be situated as part of the "Generation of the 1930s," and paid particular attention to social and historical issues.

Publications

* Paginas de la Rosa (1928) (book intended for second graders)
* Una nube en el viento (1929) (poems for children)

Plays

* Mi señoría (1940)
* Todos los ruiseñores cantan (1964)
* ¿Cómo se llama esta flor? (1965)

See also

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

External links

* [http://www.prtc.net/~isavelez/rechani.html brief biography]