Rosario Ferre Ramirez de Arellano was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist.
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16 Facts About Rosario Ferre
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Rosario Ferre's father, Luis A Ferre, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
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Rosario Ferre was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, into one of Puerto Rico's wealthiest families.
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Rosario Ferre's parents were the former First Family of Puerto Rico Luis A Ferre and Lorenza Ramirez de Arellano She is the niece of the late Sor Isolina Ferre, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Rosario Ferre began writing professionally at age 14, publishing articles in Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia newspaper.
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Rosario Ferre returned to Puerto Rico where in the 1970s she enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico to study for her master's degree.
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In “Zona de Carga y Descarga”, Rosario Ferre published some of her own poetry along with short stories.
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Rosario Ferre has published poems and written a biography about her father.
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Rosario Ferre worked as a Professor at the University of Puerto Rico and was a contributing editor for The San Juan Star, which was once Puerto Rico's English language newspaper.
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Rosario Ferre has been a visiting professor at Rutgers University and Johns Hopkins University.
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Rosario Ferre won the first prize in a short story contest of the Ateneo Puertorriqueno in 1974.
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Rosario Ferre is recognized at Ponce's Tricentennial Park for her contributions in the field of literature.
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Rosario Ferre met her third husband, Agustin Costa Quintana, a Puerto Rican architect, while living in Washington, DC They later moved to Puerto Rico, where they resided.
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Rosario Ferre died of natural causes, surrounded by family on February 18,2016 in her home in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Rosario Ferre was buried at Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis Cemetery in San Juan.
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