Research Catalog

Title

Memoir / by Rosario Ferré ; translated from the original Spanish by Suzanne Hintz and Benigno Trigo.

Author

Ferré, Rosario

Publication

[Lewisburg, Pa.] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Copublished by The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hintz, Suzanne S., 1946-
• Trigo, Benigno

Description

v, 124 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"Memoir is Rosario Ferré’s account of her life both as a writer and as a member of a family at the center of the economic and political history of Puerto Rico during the American Century, one hundred years of territorial “non-incorporation” into the United States. The autobiography tells the story of Ferré’s transformation from the daughter of a privileged family into a celebrated novelist, poet, and essayist concerned with the welfare of Puerto Ricans, and with the difficulties of being a woman in Puerto Rican society. It is a snapshot of twentieth-century Puerto Rico through the lens of a writer profoundly aware of her social position. It is a picture taken from the perspective of a keen observer of the local history of the island, and of the history of the United States. Included are many photographs that connect Ferré’s life with the story of her writing career."--Back cover.

Uniform Title

Memoria. English

Alternative Title

Memoria.

Subject

• Ferré, Rosario
• Authors, Puerto Rican > 20th century > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue -- The Word Became Flesh -- How I Began to Write -- Epilogue -- Upon Entering the Academy.

ISBN

• 9781611486629
• 1611486629

OCLC

• 922913704
• SCSB-12683452

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library