Juan Enrique Geenzier (June 12, 1887 – September 21, 1943) was a self-taught Panamanian writer, politician, and diplomat.
Enrique Geenzier | |
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| Born | June 12, 1887[1] |
| Died | September 21, 1943 (aged 56)[1] |
In 1916, he won the Natural Flower (Flor Natural) prize at the Floral Games.[1] Geenzier ran the literary magazine Esto y Aquello.[1] He served as a diplomat in Costa Rica, New York, and Venezuela.[1][2][unreliable source?] He also was Secretary of External Relations and the governor of Colon.[1]
Though some romanticism is apparent in Geenzier's poetry, its predominant impulse is modernism; its sentimentality is often somewhat ironic.[2] Demetrio Korsi wrote of Geenzier in his Antología de Panamá: "In his moments of true inspiration, he is simply exquisite."[3]
Works
edit- Crepúsculos y sombras (1916)
- La tristeza del vals (1921)
- Corazón adentro (poems from 1916-1925)
- Poesías (1933)
- Sangre (1936)
- Viejo y Nuevo (1943).
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g (in Spanish) Patricia Pizzurno & Celestino Andrés Araúz. "Juan Enrique Geenzier". Historia de Panama: Panama en el Siglo XX. Critica.
- ^ a b (in Spanish) "Enrique Geenzier". Panama Poesia.
- ^ (in Spanish) Demetrio Korsi. Antología de Panamá: parnaso y prosa. Casa Editorial Maucci (1926), p. 123. ("En sus ratos de verdadera inspiración, es sencillamente exquisito.")
Further reading
edit- Susana E. Richa de Torrijos. Enrique Geenzier : su vida y su obra. Unknown publisher (Panama, 1984). OCLC 17119800.
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