Enrique Arturo Laguerre Veléz (born May 3, 1906) is a well-known writer, poet, teacher and critic from Moca, Puerto Rico. His works include novels, plays and a writing newspaper columns for El Vocero newspaper.

Biography

Laguerre studied at various universities, obtaining degrees in arts from the University of Puerto Rico and at age 43 from the Columbia University.

In 1924, he attended courses on teaching in rural areas in the town of Aguadilla. The courses where taught by Carmen Gómez Tejera. After which, he becomes a teacher from 1924 to 1988, both at the elementary school and university levels.

Laguerre has been known to use the pen-names of Tristan Ronda, Luis Urayoan, Motial and Alberto Prado among others. Married for many years to the well-respected writer, Luz V. Romero Garcia, he also worked in many Puerto Rican publications before joining the staff of El Vocero.

In 1998, his peers as well as former governors of Puerto Rico, Rafael Hernandez Colon and Luis A. Ferré, advocated for Laguerre to be considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Despite their efforts, Laguerre was not awarded with the prestigious award.

Laguerre is an emeritus member of the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

Works

• La Llamarada (1935)
• Solar Montoya (1941)
• El 30 de Febrero (1943)
• La Resaca (1949)
• La Resentida (1949)
• Los Dedos de la Mano (1951)
• Antologia de Cuentos Puertorriquenos (1954)
• La Ceiba en el Tiesto (1956)
• Pulso de Puerto Rico (1956)
• El Laberinto (1959)
• Enrique Laguerre Habla Sobre Nuestras Bibliotecas (1959)
• Cauce sin Rio: Diario de mi Generacion (1962)
• Obras Completas (1962)
• La Responsabilidad de un Profesor Universitario (1963)
• El Jibaro de Puerto Rico: Simbolo y Figura (1968)
• La Poesia Modernista en Puerto Rico (1969)
• El Fuego y su Aire (1970)
• Los Amos Benevolos (1976)
• Polos de la Cultura Iberoamericana (1977)
• Infiernos Privados (1986)
• Por Boca de Cracoles (1990)
• Los Gemelos (1992)
• Proa Libre Sobre Mar Gruesa (1995)
• Contrapunto de Soledades (1999)