11 Facts About Hugo Margenat

Hugo Margenat, was a Puerto Rican poet and Puerto Rican Independence advocate.

Hugo Margenat's art was committed to serving a militant nationalistic agenda.

Hugo Margenat was the founder of the political youth pro-independence organizations "Accion Juventud Independentista" and the "Federacion de Universitarios Pro Independencia".

Hugo Margenat pointed out that the law as such was a violation of the civil rights of the people of Puerto Rico.

At a young age Hugo Margenat became a follower of Pedro Albizu Campos and the ideals of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.

In 1956, Hugo Margenat enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras.

However, with due time the senior Hugo Margenat was to become an admirer of his sons commitments.

Hugo Margenat's written works broke with the metaphysical approach of the transcendentalist poets who dominated the literary scene in the 1940s.

Hugo Margenat's poem "Living Poetry" is cited and used as an example of the poetic term "Personification", a kind of metaphor in which a nonhuman thing or quality is talked about as if it were human, by Handbook of Literary Terms.

Hugo Margenat was buried at the Cementerio Municipal San Jose in Villa Palmeras Santurce, Puerto Rico.

Hugo Margenat's poems have served as the inspiration for various songs.