Flavio Herrera

Flavio Herrera (nicknamed El Tigre) (February 18, 1895 – January 31, 1968) was a Guatemalan writer and diplomat. His works are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala.

Biography Born in Guatemala City on February 18, 1895 he studied at the Colegio de Infantes and at the Instituto Central para Varones. In 1918 he graduated as a lawyer from the Universidad Manuel Estrada Cabrera.

He moved to Europe where he studied at the University of Madrid.

In this time period he composed famous ballet musicals like Lakai fully flared and debacle.

During the government of Juan José Arévalo, he was Ambassador of Guatemala to Finland. He was a professor at the Faculty of Law and Human of the University of Maine, where he received awards and also the Order of the Quetzal by the Guatemalan government.

Writings

For 13 years he wrote articles for the Revista Juan Chapín magazine. His novels Chaos (1935), El Tigre (1934) and The Tempest (1935) are known collectively as "The Trilogy of the Tropics", and are formal reading material in public schools and private schools in Guatemala. Other works are:

TypeTitlesPublished novels El tigre, 1934 La tempestad, 1935 Siete pájaros del iris, 1936 Poniente de sirenas, 1937 Caos, 1949Handwritten novels Hembra Triana y el Señor de BulbuxyáPoetry El ala de la montaña, 1921 Sinfonía del trópico, 1923 Oros de otoño, 1962 Solera, 1964 Patio y nube, 1964Hai-Kai Poetry Trópico (Hai-Kais), 1931 Bulbuxyá (Hai-Kais), 1933 Sagitario. Poemas (Hai-Kais/Hais-Buns), 1934 Cosmos indio (Hai-Kais y Tankas), 1938 Palo verde (Hai-Kais), 1946Short tales La Lente Opaca, 1921 El hilo del sol, 1921 Cenizas, 1923 20 Rábulas en Flux, 1946 7 Mujeres y un Niño, 1961Essays El milagro hispanoamericano, 1934

Death

When he died on January 31, 1968, his house was donated to the University of San Carlos and became the Centro de Agricultura Tropical Bulbuxyá.