José Ramón Piñeiro León

José Ramón Piñeiro León was an essayist, writer, poet, narrator, columnist, translator, academic, and businessman who worked in the State Department. He co-founded La Casa de Puerto Rico in Spain, where he was a member of the Athenaeum in Madrid and of the Spanish Association of Translators and Interpreters. His literary legacy includes the essay "The Commonwealth, Puerto Rico's Experiment in Self Government," the poetry collections "En Honor de tantas Cosas" and "En memoria de Clara Lair y otros versos de encanto y desencanto," and the narrative works "Cuentos puertorriqueños del Mar y la Montaña" and "Viaje en Globo," an imaginary chronicle in a famous French balloon over the Caribbean.

Cayey, Puerto Rico · United States