Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (July 24, 1916 – July 22, 1999) was an author from Puerto Rico who achieved great fame throughout Latin America during the 1940s. His book Campo Alegre is a text that has been studied at schools in Austria, Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand as well as all over the Americas.
Life and career
Díaz Alfaro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, but soon after his family moved to Ponce. He was the son of Abelardo Díaz Morales, a Baptist minister, and Asunción Alfaro Pratts (Doña Sunchita). His siblings were Abigail, Dalila, Miriam, Priscilla, Raquel, Lydia and Samuel. He returned to Caguas to attend university and married Gladys Meaux, with whom he had two daughters (Dalila and Nanette) and one son (Abelardo).
Díaz Alfaro obtained a bachelor's of Arts Instituto Politécnico de San Germán, which is now known as Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico and a master's degree in social work at the University of Puerto Rico He also obtained a title as a social worker, and certificates in Spanish and Psychology.