Alejandro tapia y rivera biography definition
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Alejandro Tapia y Rivera (November 12, 1826 – July 19, 1882) was a Puerto Rican poet, playwright, essayist and writer.
Alejandro tapia y rivera biography definition
Tapia is considered to be the father of Puerto Rican literature and as the person who has contributed the most to the cultural advancement of Puerto Rico's literature. In addition to his writing, he was also an abolitionist and a women's rights advocate.
Early years
Tapia was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Alejandro de Tapia from Murcia, Spain and Catalina de Rivera Sánchez from Arecibo.
Both were descended from Spanish nobility. There he received his primary education under the guidance of the educator Rafael Cordero while studying his primary years in a school on Luna Street (Calle Luna) in Old San Juan, who was an early inspiration in his life.
There he met his lifelong friend José Julián Acosta. Acosta and Roman Baldorioty de Castro were selected to represent Puerto Rico in Madrid in the occasion of the crowning of Alfonso, the son