User:DanDF2912/sandbox

Manuel Abreu Adorno
}}
 * name         = Manuel Abreu Adorno
 * image        = Manuel Abreu Adorno.jpg
 * imagesize    =
 * alt          =
 * caption      = Manuel Abreu Adorno, 1984
 * pseudonym    =
 * birth_date    = April 21st, 1955
 * education    = University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus BA, Paris-Sorbonne University MA
 * alma_mater   =
 * period       =
 * genre        = Novel, Short stories, Poetry
 * subject      =
 * movement     = McOndismo
 * notableworks = Llegaron los hippies (And the Hippies Came), "Sonido de lo innombrable", "No todas las suecas son rubias"
 * influences   = William S. Burroughs, Julio Cortázar

Introduction
Manuel Abreu Adorno (1955-1984) was a Puerto Rican writer. Possibly his best known work is the book of short stories Llegaron los hippies (And the Hippies Came), published originally in Spanish in 1978 by Ediciones Huracán, and recently published in 2012 as a bilingual edition (English/Spanish) by 7Vientos Publishing.

Family & Early Life
Abreu was born on April 21st of 1955 at the Presbyterian Hospital of San Juan, Puerto Rico. His father, Manuel Abreu Castillo, was president of the Colegio de Abogados de Puerto Rico and of the Federacion Interamericana de Abogados with offices in Washington, D.C. Manuel inherited his love for poetry from his father. His mother, Nilda Adorno Arce, studied French and played the piano, and she instilled Manuel's love for classical music.

At a very early age, Manuel was exposed to other cultures and traveled to Europe, Asia, and to the Middle East. He was also very interested in sports; he practiced basketball, boxing, and horse riding. Boxing World Champion Sixto Escobar was his boxing coach.

Education
In 1973, Abreu Adorno started his undergraduate studies at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 1975, he went to study abroad to Barcelona, Spain. He came back to Puerto Rico in 1976 to later conclude his Bachelors of Arts in 1978. He went onto study a Masters in Comparative Literature at the Paris-Sorbonne University. He had just began to write his doctoral thesis when he died at the age of 29.

Llegaron los hippies (And the Hippies Came)
He attended the Mar y Sol Festival that took place in 1972, in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. This experience was what inspired him to write Llegaron los hippies (And the Hippies Came); the story that gave the title to his first and best-known book. It is also currently the only one translated into English.

Short Story Collection

 * Llegaron los hippies (And the Hippies Came); 1978 Ediciones Huracán, 2012 7Vientos Publishing

Novel

 * No todas las suecas son rubias, 1991 Institute of Puerto Rican Culture

Poetry

 * Sonido de lo innombrable, 1992 Institute of Puerto Rican Culture