Ferré received her primary education at Ponce, Puerto Rico. In 1951, she was sent to Wellesley, Massachusetts and attended Dana Hall School.[4]
Ferré began writing professionally at age 14, publishing articles in Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día newspaper.[4] In her youth, Ferré was an advocate of independence,[4] despite the fact that her father was pro-statehood (and, later, she too became an advocate of statehood.) Upon graduating from high school she went to the United States where she gained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French[5] from Manhattanville College.[1] She was a member of Mu Alpha Phisorority.[6]
Ferré returned to Puerto Rico where in the 1970s she enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico to study for her master's degree. During her time as a student, Ferré began her writing career as the founder, editor and publisher of the journal "Zona de Carga y Descarga" along with her cousin, Olga Nolla.[7] The Journal was also published along with the poet Luis Cesar Rivera.[8] In “Zona de Carga y Descarga”, Ferré published some of her own poetry along with short stories. The journal was devoted to publishing the works of new writers and to promoting the ideas of the independence movement. The journal ran for 9 issues, the first being published in 1972, and the last being published in 1975.[8] Among the novelists and short story writers of Puerto Rico to share Ferré's commitment to satire were Ana Lydia Vega and Giannina Braschi. Ferré also published poems and wrote a biography of her father.[1] Upon earning her master's degree, Ferré enrolled in the University of Maryland where she graduated with a PhD in Latin American Literature.[5] Her doctoral thesis was titled: "La filiación romántica de los cuentos de Julio Cortázar" (The romantic link between the stories of Julio Cortázar).[5]
Career
Ferré began her literary career writing in Spanish. In 1976, Ferré published her first collection of short stories, "Papeles de Pandora." In 1977, she published a collection of her literary essays entitled "Sitio a Eros", which promoted political and social themes. In 1986, she published her first book, "Maldito Amor", which she self-translated into English as "Sweet Diamond Dust." After publishing "Maldito Amor", she began to write the first versions of her other books in English[9] In 2002, she published a bilingual edition of poems "Language Duel/Duelo del language."[1] In order to write her novel, Memorias de Ponce. Autobiografía de Luis A. Ferré, she transcribed audio left by her father describing his childhood in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[10]
Ferré worked as a Professor at the University of Puerto Rico and was a contributing editor for The San Juan Star, which was once Puerto Rico's English language newspaper. Ferré has also been a visiting professor at Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University.[1]
Honors
Ferré won the first prize in a short story contest of the Ateneo Puertorriqueño in 1974. In 1992, she was the recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award from the Frankfurt Book Fair for "Kristallzucker", the German translation of "Maldito Amor".[2] In 1997, she was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University. Ferré was a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in 2004.[1] She is also recognized at Ponce's Tricentennial Park for her contributions in the field of literature.[11]
Personal
Upon finishing school, Ferré married Benigno Trigo González, a businessman, by whom she has three children: Rosario Lorenza, Benigno, and Luis Alfredo.[5] They divorced ten years later.[5]
While studying at the Department for Hispanic Studies of the University of Puerto Rico, she met her second husband, Jorge Aguilar Mora, a writer and Professor of Mexican literature;[5] they divorced after a few years.[5]
Ferré met her third husband, Agustín Costa Quintana, a Puerto Rican architect,[5] while living in Washington, D.C. They later moved to Puerto Rico, where they resided. Ferré died of natural causes, surrounded by family on February 18, 2016, in her home in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[12] She was buried at Santa María Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan.[13]
"A la sombra de tu nombre" (The Shadow of Your Name) Published by Alfaguara; 2001
"Destiny, Language, and Translation; or, Ophelia Adrift in the C & O Canal." In The "Youngest Doll"; By Ferré. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1991. 153-65.
"El Coloquio de las Perras" Published by Editorial Cultural, 1991
"Cortázar: El Romántico en su Observatorio"; Puerto Rico; Editorial Cultura, 1991
"El Arbol y sus Sombras (The tree and its shadows)"; Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1990
"La autenticidad de la mujer en el arte"
"El Acomodador: una lectura fantastica de Felisberto Hernandez (The Accommodator: a fantastic lecture by Felisberto Hernandez)", 1986[15]
"Sitio a Eros: Quince ensayos literarios", 1986
"La cocina de la escritura." In Literatures in Transition: The Many Voices of the Caribbean Area. Ed. Rose S. Minc. Gaithersburg: Hispamérica/Las Américas, 1982. 37–51.
Allatson, Paul. "Rosario Ferré's Trans-'American' Fantasy, or Subalternizing the Self," in Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the U.S. National Imaginary. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2002, 59–108.
Alvarado Sierra, Melissa. "La narrativa activista de Rosario Ferré: feminismo e identidad." Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana de España, S.L., 2020.
Apter-Cragnolino, Aída. “De sitios y asedios: la escritura de Rosario Ferré.” Revista Chilena de Literatura 42 (1993): 25–30.
Bustos Fernández, María José. “Subversión de la autoridad narrativa en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferré.” Chasqui 23.1 (1994): 22–29.
Cavallo, Susana. “Llevando la contraria: el contracanto de Rosario Ferré.” Monographic Review-Revista Monográfica 8 (1992): 197–204.
Filer, Malva E. “Polifonía y contrapunto: la crónica histórica en ‘Maldito amor,’ y The House on the Lagoon.” Revista Hispánica Moderna 49.2 (1996): 318–28.*
Garrigós, Cristina. *"Bilingües, biculturales y posmodernas: Rosario Ferré y Giannina Braschi,", Insula. Revista de Ciencias y Letras, 2002 JUL-AGO; LVII (667–668).
Gazarian Gautier. "Rosario Ferré." Interviews with Latin American Writers. Elmwood Park, IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1989. 81–92.
Gould Levine, Linda y Gloria Feiman Waldman. "No más máscaras: Un diálogo entre tres escritoras del Caribe: Belkis Cuza Malé – Cuba, Matilde Daviú – Venezuela, Rosario Ferré – Puerto Rico." Literatures in Transition: The Many Voices of the Caribbean Area: A Symposium. Ed. Rose S. Minc. Gathersburg: Hispamérica, 1982. 189–197.
Heinrich, María Elena. "Entrevista a Rosario Ferré." Prismal/Cabral 7–8 (1982): 98–103.
Hintz, Suzanne S. Rosario Ferré, A Search for Identity. New York: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., 1995.
Jaffe, Janice A. “Translation and Prostitution: Rosario Ferré’s Maldito Amor and Sweet Diamond Dust.” Latin American Literary Review 23.46 (1995): 66–82.
Mullen, Edward. “Interpreting Puerto Rico’s Cultural Myths: Rosario Ferré and Manuel Ramos Otero." Americas Review 17 (1989): 88–97.
Pérez Marín, Carmen I. "De la épica a la novela: la recuperación de la voz en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferré.” Letras Femeninas 20.1–2 (1994): 35–43.
Skinner, Lee. “Pandora’s Log: Charting the Evolving Literary Project of Rosario Ferré.” Revista de Estudios Hispánicos 29 (1995): 461–75.
Vega Carney, Carmen. “El amor como discurso político en Ana Lydia Vega y Rosario Ferré.” Letras Femeninas 22.1–2 (1991): 77–87.
Zapata, Miguel Angel. "Rosario Ferré: La poesía de narrar." Inti 26–27 (1987–1988): 133–140.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ferré and the second or maternal family name is Ramírez de Arellano.
References
^ abcdefRosario Ferré Official Website, Biography. September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ abc(in Spanish) University of the Sacred Heart, News: Pasión y sentidos se cruzan en Las puertas del placer de Rosario Ferré. September 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^(in Spanish) Ensayistas.org, Rosario Ferré. Retrieved January 6, 2007.
^ abcWellesley College Conference, Women Who Will: A Celebration of Wellesley College Alumnae and Their Life Paths November 4, 2002, at the Wayback Machine, Person of the Week, Week of May 28, 2001: Rosario Ferré, '60.
^ abcdefgh(in Spanish) Solo Literatura.com, Rosario Ferré. January 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
^"Mu Alpha Phi History" (in Spanish). Retrieved May 24, 2010.[permanent dead link]
^Voices from the Gaps: Women Artists and Writers of Color, Rosario Ferré.
^Stark, Lucy; Lecheler, Luke; Anunson, Dyan (December 3, 2012). "Rosario Ferré". Women Writers and Artists of Color. College of Liberal Arts – University of Minnesota.
^Library of Congress Online Catalog, El Acomodador: una lectura fantastica de Felisberto Hernandez .
^Library of Congress Online Catalog, Antología Personal.
External links
Dana Hall School
Sin Pelos en la Lengua: Entrevista a Rosario Ferré [1]
Ferré, Rosario, and Archive Of Hispanic Literature On Tape. Puerto Rican writer Rosario Ferré reading from her prose and poetry. 1982. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93842392/
Rosario Ferré papers at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University, New York, NY
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rosario, ferré, ramírez, arellano, september, 1938, february, 2016, puerto, rican, writer, poet, essayist, father, luis, ferré, third, elected, governor, puerto, rico, founding, father, progressive, party, puerto, rico, when, mother, lorenza, ramírez, arellano. Rosario Ferre Ramirez de Arellano September 28 1938 February 18 2016 was a Puerto Rican writer poet and essayist 1 Her father Luis A Ferre was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico When her mother Lorenza Ramirez de Arellano died in 1970 during her father s term as governor Rosario fulfilled the duties of First Lady until 1972 Rosario FerreFirst Lady of Puerto RicoIn office March 5 1970 January 2 1973GovernorLuis A FerrePreceded byLorenza Ramirez de ArellanoSucceeded byLila MayoralPersonal detailsBornRosario Ferre y Ramirez de Arellano 1938 09 28 September 28 1938Ponce Puerto RicoDiedFebruary 18 2016 2016 02 18 aged 77 San Juan Puerto RicoSpousesBenigno Trigo Gonzalez Jorge Aguilar Mora Agustin Costa QuintanaChildrenRosario Lorenza Benigno Luis AlfredoParentsLuis A Ferre Lorenza Ramirez de ArellanoRosario FerreBornRosario Ferre y Ramirez de Arellano 1938 09 28 September 28 1938Ponce Puerto RicoDiedFebruary 18 2016 2016 02 18 aged 77 San Juan Puerto RicoOccupationWriter academicNationalityPuerto RicanNotable awardsAteneo Puertorriqueno LiBeratur Preis Germany SpouseBenigno Trigo Gonzalez Jose Aguilar Mora Agustin Costa QuintanoChildrenRosario Lorenza Benigno Luis AlfredoRelativesLuis A Ferre father Isolina Ferre aunt Olga Nolla cousin Websitewww wbr rosarioferre wbr netShe was the recipient of the Liberatur Prix award from the Frankfurt Book Fair for Kristallzucker the German translation of Maldito Amor 2 Contents 1 Early years 2 Career 3 Honors 4 Personal 5 Written works 5 1 Fiction 5 2 Essays 5 3 Poetry 5 4 Biographies 5 5 Critical studies of Ferre s work 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksEarly years EditRosario Ferre birth name Rosario Ferre Ramirez de Arellano note 1 was born in Ponce Puerto Rico into one of Puerto Rico s wealthiest families Her parents were the former First Family of Puerto Rico Luis A Ferre Governor and Lorenza Ramirez de Arellano 3 She was the niece of the late Sor Isolina Ferre recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ferre received her primary education at Ponce Puerto Rico In 1951 she was sent to Wellesley Massachusetts and attended Dana Hall School 4 Ferre began writing professionally at age 14 publishing articles in Puerto Rico s El Nuevo Dia newspaper 4 In her youth Ferre was an advocate of independence 4 despite the fact that her father was pro statehood and later she too became an advocate of statehood Upon graduating from high school she went to the United States where she gained her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French 5 from Manhattanville College 1 She was a member of Mu Alpha Phi sorority 6 Ferre returned to Puerto Rico where in the 1970s she enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico to study for her master s degree During her time as a student Ferre began her writing career as the founder editor and publisher of the journal Zona de Carga y Descarga along with her cousin Olga Nolla 7 The Journal was also published along with the poet Luis Cesar Rivera 8 In Zona de Carga y Descarga Ferre published some of her own poetry along with short stories The journal was devoted to publishing the works of new writers and to promoting the ideas of the independence movement The journal ran for 9 issues the first being published in 1972 and the last being published in 1975 8 Among the novelists and short story writers of Puerto Rico to share Ferre s commitment to satire were Ana Lydia Vega and Giannina Braschi Ferre also published poems and wrote a biography of her father 1 Upon earning her master s degree Ferre enrolled in the University of Maryland where she graduated with a PhD in Latin American Literature 5 Her doctoral thesis was titled La filiacion romantica de los cuentos de Julio Cortazar The romantic link between the stories of Julio Cortazar 5 Career EditFerre began her literary career writing in Spanish In 1976 Ferre published her first collection of short stories Papeles de Pandora In 1977 she published a collection of her literary essays entitled Sitio a Eros which promoted political and social themes In 1986 she published her first book Maldito Amor which she self translated into English as Sweet Diamond Dust After publishing Maldito Amor she began to write the first versions of her other books in English 9 In 2002 she published a bilingual edition of poems Language Duel Duelo del language 1 In order to write her novel Memorias de Ponce Autobiografia de Luis A Ferre she transcribed audio left by her father describing his childhood in Ponce Puerto Rico 10 Ferre worked as a Professor at the University of Puerto Rico and was a contributing editor for The San Juan Star which was once Puerto Rico s English language newspaper Ferre has also been a visiting professor at Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University 1 Honors EditFerre won the first prize in a short story contest of the Ateneo Puertorriqueno in 1974 In 1992 she was the recipient of the Liberatur Prix award from the Frankfurt Book Fair for Kristallzucker the German translation of Maldito Amor 2 In 1997 she was also awarded an honorary doctorate from Brown University Ferre was a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient in 2004 1 She is also recognized at Ponce s Tricentennial Park for her contributions in the field of literature 11 Personal EditUpon finishing school Ferre married Benigno Trigo Gonzalez a businessman by whom she has three children Rosario Lorenza Benigno and Luis Alfredo 5 They divorced ten years later 5 While studying at the Department for Hispanic Studies of the University of Puerto Rico she met her second husband Jorge Aguilar Mora a writer and Professor of Mexican literature 5 they divorced after a few years 5 Ferre met her third husband Agustin Costa Quintana a Puerto Rican architect 5 while living in Washington D C They later moved to Puerto Rico where they resided Ferre died of natural causes surrounded by family on February 18 2016 in her home in San Juan Puerto Rico 12 She was buried at Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan 13 Written works EditSome of Ferre s works are 14 Fiction Edit Flight of the Swan El Vuelo del Cisne 2001 Spanish version El Vuelo del Cisne 2002 La extrana muerte del Capitancito Candelario 2002 Eccentric Neighborhoods Vecindarios excentricos 1998 Spanish version Vecindarios excentricos 1999 The House on the Lagoon 1995 Spanish version La casa de la laguna 1997 La Batalla de Las Virgenes 1994 The Youngest Doll 1991 an English version of La muneca menor Sonatinas Cuentos de ninos 1991 Maldito Amor 1985 English version Sweet Diamond Dust and Other Stories 1989 El Medio Pollito 1981 Los Cuentos de Juan Bobo 1981 La muneca menor 1976Essays Edit Las Puertas del Placer 2005 2 A la sombra de tu nombre The Shadow of Your Name Published by Alfaguara 2001 Destiny Language and Translation or Ophelia Adrift in the C amp O Canal In The Youngest Doll By Ferre Lincoln U of Nebraska P 1991 153 65 El Coloquio de las Perras Published by Editorial Cultural 1991 Cortazar El Romantico en su Observatorio Puerto Rico Editorial Cultura 1991 El Arbol y sus Sombras The tree and its shadows Mexico Fondo de Cultura Economica 1990 La autenticidad de la mujer en el arte El Acomodador una lectura fantastica de Felisberto Hernandez The Accommodator a fantastic lecture by Felisberto Hernandez 1986 15 Sitio a Eros Quince ensayos literarios 1986 La cocina de la escritura In Literatures in Transition The Many Voices of the Caribbean Area Ed Rose S Minc Gaithersburg Hispamerica Las Americas 1982 37 51 Sitio a Eros Trece ensayos literarios 1980Poetry Edit Fisuras 2006 Language Duel Duelo del Lenguaje 2003 Antologia Personal 1992 1976 1994 16 Fabulas de la Garza Desangrada 1982 Las dos Venecias Poemas y cuentos 1992Biographies Edit Memorias de Ponce Biografia de Don Luis A Ferre Published by Editorial Norma 1992Critical studies of Ferre s work Edit Acosta Cruz Maria I Historia ser e identidad femenina en El collar de camandulas y Maldito amor de Rosario Ferre Chasqui 22 2 1993 23 31 Acosta Cruz Maria I Historia y escritura femenina en Olga Nolla Magali Garcia Ramis Rosario Ferre y Ana Lydia Vega Revista Iberoamericana 59 1993 265 77 Allatson Paul Rosario Ferre s Trans American Fantasy or Subalternizing the Self in Latino Dreams Transcultural Traffic and the U S National Imaginary Amsterdam and New York Rodopi 2002 59 108 Alvarado Sierra Melissa La narrativa activista de Rosario Ferre feminismo e identidad Madrid McGraw Hill Interamericana de Espana S L 2020 Apter Cragnolino Aida De sitios y asedios la escritura de Rosario Ferre Revista Chilena de Literatura 42 1993 25 30 Bustos Fernandez Maria Jose Subversion de la autoridad narrativa en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferre Chasqui 23 1 1994 22 29 Cavallo Susana Llevando la contraria el contracanto de Rosario Ferre Monographic Review Revista Monografica 8 1992 197 204 Filer Malva E Polifonia y contrapunto la cronica historica en Maldito amor y The House on the Lagoon Revista Hispanica Moderna 49 2 1996 318 28 Garrigos Cristina Bilingues biculturales y posmodernas Rosario Ferre y Giannina Braschi Insula Revista de Ciencias y Letras 2002 JUL AGO LVII 667 668 Gazarian Gautier Rosario Ferre Interviews with Latin American Writers Elmwood Park IL Dalkey Archive Press 1989 81 92 Gould Levine Linda y Gloria Feiman Waldman No mas mascaras Un dialogo entre tres escritoras del Caribe Belkis Cuza Male Cuba Matilde Daviu Venezuela Rosario Ferre Puerto Rico Literatures in Transition The Many Voices of the Caribbean Area A Symposium Ed Rose S Minc Gathersburg Hispamerica 1982 189 197 Heinrich Maria Elena Entrevista a Rosario Ferre Prismal Cabral 7 8 1982 98 103 Hintz Suzanne S Rosario Ferre A Search for Identity New York Peter Lang Publishing Inc 1995 Jaffe Janice A Translation and Prostitution Rosario Ferre s Maldito Amor and Sweet Diamond Dust Latin American Literary Review 23 46 1995 66 82 Mullen Edward Interpreting Puerto Rico s Cultural Myths Rosario Ferre and Manuel Ramos Otero Americas Review 17 1989 88 97 Perez Marin Carmen I De la epica a la novela la recuperacion de la voz en Maldito amor de Rosario Ferre Letras Femeninas 20 1 2 1994 35 43 Skinner Lee Pandora s Log Charting the Evolving Literary Project of Rosario Ferre Revista de Estudios Hispanicos 29 1995 461 75 Vega Carney Carmen El amor como discurso politico en Ana Lydia Vega y Rosario Ferre Letras Femeninas 22 1 2 1991 77 87 Zapata Miguel Angel Rosario Ferre La poesia de narrar Inti 26 27 1987 1988 133 140 See also Edit Puerto Rico portal Biography portal Literature portalList of Puerto Rican writers Puerto Rican literature Latino a literature Puerto Rican poetry Caribbean literatureNotes Edit In this Spanish name the first or paternal surname is Ferre and the second or maternal family name is Ramirez de Arellano References Edit a b c d e f Rosario Ferre Official Website Biography Archived September 28 2007 at the Wayback Machine a b c in Spanish University of the Sacred Heart News Pasion y sentidos se cruzan en Las puertas del placer de Rosario Ferre Archived September 15 2008 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Ensayistas org Rosario Ferre Retrieved January 6 2007 a b c Wellesley College Conference Women Who Will A Celebration of Wellesley College Alumnae and Their Life Paths Archived November 4 2002 at the Wayback Machine Person of the Week Week of May 28 2001 Rosario Ferre 60 a b c d e f g h in Spanish Solo Literatura com Rosario Ferre Archived January 10 2008 at the Wayback Machine Mu Alpha Phi History in Spanish Retrieved May 24 2010 permanent dead link Voices from the Gaps Women Artists and Writers of Color Rosario Ferre a b Cook Jacqueline 1993 Bibliography on Rosario Ferre Chasqui 2 2 129 149 doi 10 2307 29741035 JSTOR 29741035 Navarro Mireya 1998 Arts in America Bilingual Author Finds Something Gained in Translation In New York Times 08 09 1998 Rivera Carmen 2016 Rosario Ferre and the Memory of Space South Atlantic Review 81 56 72 via JSTOR Literature Travel Ponce Retrieved June 17 2012 New York Times Rosario Ferre Writer Who Examined Puerto Rican Identity Dies at 77 https www findagrave com memorial 225362455 rosario j ferr C3 A9 ram C3 ADrez de arellano user generated source Stark Lucy Lecheler Luke Anunson Dyan December 3 2012 Rosario Ferre Women Writers and Artists of Color College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota Library of Congress Online Catalog El Acomodador una lectura fantastica de Felisberto Hernandez Library of Congress Online Catalog Antologia Personal External links EditDana Hall School Sin Pelos en la Lengua Entrevista a Rosario Ferre 1 Ferre Rosario and Archive Of Hispanic Literature On Tape Puerto Rican writer Rosario Ferre reading from her prose and poetry 1982 Audio Retrieved from the Library of Congress https www loc gov item 93842392 Rosario Ferre papers at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library Columbia University New York NY Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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