Abelardo Diaz Alfaro (1916 - July 22, 1999) was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. He has been recognized by many university deans, teachers and book critics as one of the greatest hispanic writers of all time. Some say his actual year of birth was 1919, but officially it was always announced as 1916. 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize native and naturalized U.S. citizens, permanent residents and temporary immigrants, whose background hail either from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Alfaro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, but soon after, his family moved to Ponce. He returned to Caguas to attend University and got married to Gladys Meaux, with whom he had 2 daughters and one son. Caguas (founded in 1775) is a municipality located in the eastern central area of Puerto Rico. ... Ponce, the second largest city in Puerto Rico outside of the San Juan metropolitan area is named after the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León. ...

Diaz Alfaro obtained a bachillerato in arts at the polytechnical institute of San German. He also obtained a title as a social worker, as well as certificates in Spanish and psychology. San Germán is the name of a city in south-west Puerto Rico, near Mayagüez and Cabo Rojo. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul and logos = word) is the study of behaviour, mind and thought. ...

He also obtained many honorary doctorates from different universities.

He was able to do conferences in many points of Latin America after reaching fame, including Mexico (at the Ateneo Espanol), Venezuela and many other countries. His books have been translated to English, Polish, Russian, German, French, Italian and Czech, among other languages. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Among the books he wrote are:

• Terrazo (published in 1947)
• Mi Isla Sonada
• Los Perros
• The Eye Of The Heart
• United States In Literature
• Classic Tales Of Spanish America
• Cuentos del Mundo Hispano (Spanish version of Classic Tales)
• Changes Antologia Mundial
• The Green Antilles
• Contemporary Readers
• National Catholic
• The Princeton Tiger
• Europe in France
• Campo Alegre.

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Also see

• List of famous Puerto Ricans