Joaquín García Monge

Joaquín García Monge (Known as "Don Joaquín")

Editor of 'Repertorio Americano', Novelist, Minister of Public Education

Born 1881-01-20

Desamparados, San José, Costa Rica

Passed Away 1958-10-31 San José, Costa Rica

Lifespan 77 years old

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Eminent editor and intellectual whose journal 'Repertorio Americano' served as the undisputed cultural and democratic beacon for Latin American and Caribbean intellectuals for nearly four decades.

Biographical Record

Joaquín García Monge was born on January 20, 1881, in Desamparados. Trained in pedagogy in Chile, he pioneered costumbrista and social realism in Costa Rican prose with novels like El Moto (1900) and Las hijas del campo.

In 1919, García Monge founded the literary and political journal Repertorio Americano, which he edited tirelessly until his death in 1958. The publication served as an open forum for Gabriela Mistral, José Vasconcelos, and César Vallejo, defending anti-imperialism, indigenous rights, and democratic freedom across the Americas.

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General Cemetery of San José (Cementerio General)
San José, Costa Rica

                         GPS: 9.9320, -84.0880                    

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