Rosario Ferré, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rosario Ferré

Puerto Rican writer

Date of Birth: 28-Sep-1938

Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 19-Feb-2016

Profession: writer, poet, author, university teacher, literary critic

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist.
Her father, Luis A.
Ferré, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico.
When her mother, Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano, died in 1970 during her father's term as governor, Rosario fulfilled the duties of First Lady until 1972. She was the recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award from the Frankfurt Book Fair for "Kristallzucker", the German translation of "Maldito Amor".