The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Mariano Abril y Ostalo, “Florete” was born on May 25, 1861 in San Juan, Puerto Rico and died on December 5, 1935. He was a politician, poet, and journalist and a member of the Puerto Rican Senate from 1917 to 1920.

His publications include “Abril firmadas”in En el Palenque de la Juventud; Amorosas (1900), a collection of short poems with a prologue by Luis Lloréns Torres; Sensaciones de un cronista (1903); El Socialismo Moderno y Alemania ante el conflicto Europeo (1915), and Un héroe de la independencia de España y América: Antonio Valero de Bernabé (1929). He also wrote for the newspapers El clamor del país, El Liberal, El Globo, and El Heraldo. He founded and directed the literary magazine, La Linterna, and also worked as a chronicler and director of La Democracia. 

Works Cited

De Angelis, Maria Luisa. Poetas Puertorriqueños. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1920.

“Biografía de Mariano Abril y Ostalo.” La Sala de Arte, http://marianoabril.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html.