Biography
Laguerre studied at various universities, obtaining degrees in arts from the University of Puerto Rico and Columbia University.
In 1924, he took courses on teaching in rural areas in the town of Aguadilla. The courses where taught by Carmen Gómez Tejera. After this he taught from 1924 to 1988, both at the elementary school and university levels.
Laguerre was known to use the pen-names of Tristan Ronda, Luis Urayoan, Motial and Alberto Prado, among others. Married for many years to the well-respected writer Luz V. Romero Garcia, he also worked in many Puerto Rican publications before joining the staff of El Vocero.
In 1998, his peers as well as former governors Rafael Hernández Colón and Luis A. Ferré, advocated for Laguerre to be considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature.Rossello, Hernandez Colon, Ferre Urge Nobel Prize in Literature for Enrique Laguerre Associated Press. March 3, 1999 Despite their efforts, Laguerre was not awarded the prestigious award.
Laguerre was an emeritus member of the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
Enrique Laguerre died on June 16, 2005, at the age of 99. His body was buried on the grounds of the Palacete Los Moreau, an old "hacienda" restored as a museum, in his native town of Moca.
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