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Abelardo Diaz AlfaroAbelardo Diaz Alfaro (1916 - July 22, 1999) was a Puerto Rican author who reached great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. He has been recognized by many university deans, teachers and book critics as one of the greatest hispanic writers of all time. Some say his actual year of birth was 1919, but officially it was always announced as 1916. Alfaro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, but soon after, his family moved to Ponce. He returned to Caguas to attend University and got married to Gladys Meaux, with whom he had 2 daughters and one son. Diaz Alfaro obtained a bachillerato in arts at the polytechnical institute of San German. He also obtained a title as a social worker, as well as certificates in Spanish and psychology He also obtained many honorary doctorates from different universities. He was able to do conferences in many points of Latin America after reaching fame, including Mexico (at the Ateneo Espanol), Venezuela and many other countries. His books have been translated to English, Polish, Russian, German, French, Italian and Czech, among other languages. Among the books he wrote are: Campo Alegre is a text that has been studied at schools in Austria, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand as well as all over the Americas. Also see Diaz Alfaro, Abelardo Diaz Alfaro, Abelardo Alfaro Alfaro
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