Isaac felipe azofeifa biography definition

Costa Rican poet, politician and educator

Isaac Felipe Azofeifa Bolaños (11 April 1909 – 3 April 1997) was a Costa Ricanpoet, politician and educator.^[1]

Azofeifa is considered one of the most important Costa Rican poets of the twentieth century.

Biography

He was born in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica in 1909.

In 1929 he entered the Instituto Pedagógico de Santiago de Chile (Pedagogical Institute of Santiago), where he became Professor of State in Castilian.

He became a member of the Runrunismo group where he met poets such as Pablo Neruda, Juvencio Valle and Pablo de Rokha.

Isaac felipe azofeifa biography definition

In 1935 he returned to Costa Rica and it dedicated his life to literature, the education and politics. He won second place in a contest to write a diary of Costa Rica. From 1943 until his retirement, he was professor of Literature in the University of Costa Rica.

He spent many years reading literature, and published his first poem book, Truncates Unit i