Luis Rechani Agrait

Luis Rechani Agrait (June 22, 1902 in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico – December 12, 1994 in San Juan, Puerto Rico), was a Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and playwright.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rechani and the second or maternal family name is Agrait.
Luis Rechani Agrait
BornJune 22, 1902
Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
DiedDecember 12, 1994
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Occupationpoet, playwright, journalist
NationalityPuerto Rico
Literary movementGeneration of the 1930s
SpouseBelén Zequeira
ChildrenBelén, Mercedes, María Cecilia

After schooling in Aguas Buenas and Río Piedras, Rechani Agrait moved to the US 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
  • Páginas de color de rosa: Libro de lectura para segundo año (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)
  • Tres piraguas en un día de calor (1970) - an evening of three-one act comedies (El Tesoro, La Compañía, El Pececito Dorado)
  • Llora en el atardecer la fuente (1971)
  • ¡Oh, dorada ilusión de alas abiertas! (1978)
  • El extraño caso del señor Oblomós (1981) - based on the novel Oblonov, by Russian writer Ivan A. Goncharov
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