Enrique Geenzier

Juan Enrique Geenzier (June 12, 1887 – September 21, 1943) was a self-taught Panamanian writer, politician, and diplomat.

Enrique Geenzier
Born(1887-06-12)June 12, 1887[1]
Chitré, Panama[1]
DiedSeptember 21, 1943(1943-09-21) (aged 56)[1]
Colón, Panama

In 1916, he won the Natural Flower (Flor Natural) prize at the Floral Games.[1] Geenzier ran the literary magazine Esto y Aquello.[1] He served as a diplomat in Costa Rica, New York, and Venezuela.[1][2] He also was Secretary of External Relations and the governor of Colon.[1]

Though some romanticism is apparent in Geenzier's poetry, its predominant impulse is modernism; its sentimentality is often somewhat ironic.[2] Demetrio Korsi wrote of Geenzier in his Antología de Panamá: "In his moments of true inspiration, he is simply exquisite."[3]

His works include:

  • Crepúsculos y sombras (1916)
  • La tristeza del vals (1921)
  • Corazón adentro (poems from 1916-1925)
  • Poesías (1933)
  • Sangre (1936)
  • Viejo y Nuevo (1943).

References
  1. (in Spanish) Patricia Pizzurno & Celestino Andrés Araúz. "Juan Enrique Geenzier". Historia de Panama: Panama en el Siglo XX. Critica.
  2. (in Spanish) "Enrique Geenzier". Panama Poesia.
  3. (in Spanish) Demetrio Korsi. Antología de Panamá: parnaso y prosa. Casa Editorial Maucci (1926), p. 123. ("En sus ratos de verdadera inspiración, es sencillamente exquisito.")

Further reading
  • Susana E. Richa de Torrijos. Enrique Geenzier : su vida y su obra. Unknown publisher (Panama, 1984). OCLC 17119800.


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