René Marqués 1919–1979 Puerto Rican playwright, short story writer, novelist, essayist, and poet. Widely recognized as the dominant Puerto Rican literary figure of the 1950s and 1960s, Marqués was a prolific, charismatic advocate of Puerto Rican national sovereignty. He wrote numerous award-winning short stories, essays and two novels, but he is best known for his innovative dramas, exemplified by La carreta (1953; The Oxcart), Los soles truncos (1958; The Fanlights), and Un niño azul para esa sombra (1960; A Blue Boy for That Shadow)—considered by many critics his finest. Associated with the group of nationalistic Latin-American intellectuals known as the Generation of the Forties, Marqués expressed forceful resistance to Western cultural and political influence, especially as exerted by the United States. His prophetic plays confront the pernicious effects of colonialism, industrialization, and the rapid erosion of traditional, rural island life. Through skillful adaptation of contemporary Western literature and his own experiments with theatrical device, Marqués introduced new standards of excellence to his own national literature and achieved an international reputation.
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