Ofelia Hooper
Ofelia Hooper Polo | |
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| Born | 13 November 1900 Las Minas, Panama Department, Columbia (now in Panama) |
| Died | 23 September 1981 (aged 80) Panama |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Panamá |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and activist |
| Known for | Sociology |
| Parent(s) | Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés |
Ofelia Hooper Polo (13 November 1900, in Las Minas, Panama – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.[1][2]
She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.[1] She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.[1] Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.[3]
She was one of the pioneers of the field of Sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994).[4][5] She was also a pioneering researcher of Agriculture in Panama.[1]
Works
[edit]- Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
- Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Ofelia Hooper". En caribe: Enciclopedia de historia y cultura del Carible (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Conte Porras, Jorge (1990). Requiem por la Revolución (in Spanish). p. 636.
- ^ del Saz, Agustín (1974). Antología general de la poesía panameña (siglos XIX-XX) (in Spanish). Editorial Bruguera. p. 604. ISBN 978-840-203-783-1.
- ^ University of Panama Commission on the Centennial Anniversary of the Republic (2004). Panamá: Cien años de República (in Spanish). Manfer. p. 489. ISBN 978-996-260-839-4.
- ^ Figueroa Navarro, Alfredo (1983). El Desarrollo de las ciencias sociales en Panamá (in Spanish). University of Panama. p. 535.
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