Enrique Geenzier
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Juan Enrique Geenzier was a self-taught Panamanian writer, politician, and diplomat.
In 1916, he won the Natural Flower (Flor Natural) prize at the Floral Games
. Geenzier ran the literary magazine Esto y Aquello. He served as a diplomat in Costa Rica, New York, and Venezuela. He also was Secretary of External Relations and the governor of Colon.
Though some romanticism is apparent in Geenzier's poetry, its predominant impulse is modernism; its sentimentality is often somewhat ironic. Demetrio Korsi wrote of Geenzier in his Antología de Panamá: "In his moments of true inspiration, he is simply exquisite."
His works include:
In 1916, he won the Natural Flower (Flor Natural) prize at the Floral Games
Floral Games
Floral Games were any of a series historically related poetry contests with floral prizes. In Occitan, their original language, and Catalan they are known as Jocs florals . In French they became the Jeux floraux...
. Geenzier ran the literary magazine Esto y Aquello. He served as a diplomat in Costa Rica, New York, and Venezuela. He also was Secretary of External Relations and the governor of Colon.
Though some romanticism is apparent in Geenzier's poetry, its predominant impulse is modernism; its sentimentality is often somewhat ironic. Demetrio Korsi wrote of Geenzier in his Antología de Panamá: "In his moments of true inspiration, he is simply exquisite."
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).
Further reading
- Susana E. Richa de Torrijos. Enrique Geenzier : su vida y su obra. Unknown publisher (Panama, 1984). .