Rosario Ferré
Rosario Ferré | |
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| First Lady of Puerto Rico | |
| In role March 5, 1970 – January 2, 1973 | |
| Governor | Luis A. Ferré |
| Preceded by | Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano |
| Succeeded by | Lila Mayoral |
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| Born | Rosario Ferré y Ramírez de Arellano September 28, 1938 Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | February 18, 2016 (aged 77) San Juan, Puerto Rico |
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| Children | 3 |
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| Alma mater | Manhattanville College (BA) University of Maryland, College Park (Ph.D) |
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Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano (September 28, 1938 – February 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A. Ferré, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico. When her mother, Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano, died in 1970 during her father's term as governor, Rosario fulfilled the duties of First Lady until 1972.
She was the recipient of the "Liberatur Prix" award from the Frankfurt Book Fair for "Kristallzucker", the German translation of "Maldito Amor".