Rosario Ferré (1938–2016)
Author of The House on the Lagoon
About the Author
Rosario Josefina Ferré was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 28, 1938. She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from Manhattanville College, a master's degree in literature from the University of Puerto Rico, and a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from the University of show more Maryland. She was a professor of Latin American literature at several universities including the University of California, Rutgers University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Puerto Rico. She was a novelist, poet, essayist, and children's book author. She was the editor of the literary magazine Loading and Unloading Zone as well as a newspaper columnist and critic. She wrote several books in Spanish and English including The House on the Lagoon, Eccentric Neighborhoods, and Sweet Diamond Dust: And Other Stories. She died on February 18, 2016 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Rosario Ferré
Maldito amor, seguido de El regalo, Isolda en el espejo, La extraña muerte del capitancito Candelario (1986) 4 copies
El coloquio de las perras 3 copies
Antología personal 1992-1976 3 copies
El acomodador : una lectura fantástica de Felisberto Hernández (Coleccion Tierra firme) (Spanish Edition) (1986) 2 copies
LA CASA DE LA LAGUNA 2 copies
Rice and Milk 2 copies
The Poisoned Story 2 copies
Το σπίτι στη λιμνοθάλασσα 1 copy
vecindario 1 copy
Sitio a Eros: Trece ensayos literarios (Confrontaciones. Los Criticos) (Spanish Edition) (1980) 1 copy
When Women Love Men {story} 1 copy
Maldito Amor 1 copy
Associated Works
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories: Reissue (Oxford Books of Prose) (1999) — Contributor — 93 copies
These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Contributor — 91 copies
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Contributor — 53 copies
How I Learned English: 55 Accomplished Latinos Recall Lessons in Language and Life (2007) — Contributor — 53 copies
Her True-True Name : an anthology of women's writing from the Caribbean (1989) — Contributor — 43 copies
Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana : de la conquista al siglo XX (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century (Fairy-Tale Studies) (2021) — Contributor — 3 copies
Josefina, bedien die Herren : Geschichten von Frauen und Männern aus Lateinamerika — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Ferré, Rosario
- Legal name
- Ferré, Rosario Josefina
- Birthdate
- 1938-09-28
- Date of death
- 2016-02-18
- Gender
- female
- Birthplace
- Puerto Rico
- Place of death
- San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
- Places of residence
- Ponce, Puerto Rico
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA
Purchase, New York, USA
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
College Park, Maryland, USA
San Juan, Puerto Rico (show all 7)
Washington, D.C., USA - Education
- University of Maryland (PhD in Compariative Literature)
University of Puerto Rico (MA)
Manhattan College, New York
Wellesley College - Occupations
- magazine publisher
poet
short story writer
essayist
Literary critic
children's book author (show all 7)
novelist - Relationships
- Trigo Ferre, Rosario Lorenza (child)
Trigo, Benigno (child) - Awards and honors
- LiBeraturpreis (1992)
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Reviews
Her short stories are like puzzles or riddles.
Common themes: social classes; relationships; city vs country; Puerto Rico vs the U.S.; truth (subjective)
A good quote from her: "Anger has caused innumerable women writers to write well." -Ferre'
Common themes: social classes; relationships; city vs country; Puerto Rico vs the U.S.; truth (subjective)
A good quote from her: "Anger has caused innumerable women writers to write well." -Ferre'
The House on the Lagoon is a clever story within a story. At the center it tells the tale of Quintin and Isabel Mendizabal. Isabel is trying to become a writer. The House on the Lagoon is her latest project. Multigenerational and historical it sounds a little too much like Quintin and Isabel's own ancestors and personal history. Quintin, being a historian, finds Isabel's manuscript and he simply cannot leave it as fiction. He has to edit the historical details and set the record straight. The more he edits the more he realizes the truth about his own marriage. Her unhappiness and his sense of betrayal create a powerful cauldron of simmering disaster.
Ferre's writing is grand. She writes about a time when grand patriarchs presented their heirs with gifts such as steamships weighing eight thousand tons each. A time when segregation had an unsettling effect on Puerto Ricans. Not used to inequality they worried about the color of their skin not being as pure lily white as their northern neighbors.… (more)
Ferre's writing is grand. She writes about a time when grand patriarchs presented their heirs with gifts such as steamships weighing eight thousand tons each. A time when segregation had an unsettling effect on Puerto Ricans. Not used to inequality they worried about the color of their skin not being as pure lily white as their northern neighbors.… (more)
A la sombra de tu nombre está constituido por ensayos de diversa índole: recuerdos íntimos, reflexiones acerca del arte de narrar, paseos por el Caribe y diálogos con ilustres muertos. A todos ellos los cobija la sombra de la Dama Literatura, y también todos están signados por la pasión y la sinceridad. No podría ser de otra manera, pues la escritura para Rosario Ferré es el fundamento para vivir, o más que eso, es la vida misma: “Creo que el oficio que escogemos determina nuestro destino mucho más que la genética o el entorno. Ni el nombre de pila, ni el apellido de familia resultan, al fin y al cabo, tan importantes. Para identificar certeramente quiénes somos no deberíamos decir ‘soy fulana de tal’, sino ‘amo lo que hago”. Así, puede ase¬gurarse que ninguno de los textos que aparecen aquí carece de cariño y amor, pero tampoco de inteligencia, certeza y razón.
Este libro es el recuento de una vida dedicada
-minuto a minuto, paso a paso - a ese acto que nos hace muy humanos: la literatura.
Tomado de: A la sombra de tu nombre… (more)
Este libro es el recuento de una vida dedicada
-minuto a minuto, paso a paso - a ese acto que nos hace muy humanos: la literatura.
Tomado de: A la sombra de tu nombre… (more)
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A surreal story of revenge and the creative ways in which women overcome patriarchal society.