Camila Henríquez Ureña

Camila Henríquez Ureña (April 9, 1894 in Santo Domingo – September 12, 1973 in Santo Domingo), was a writer, essayist, educator and literary critic from the Dominican Republic who became a naturalized Cuban citizen. She descended from a family of writers, thinkers and educators; both her parents, Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal and Salomé Ureña, as well as her brothers Pedro and , were literary luminaries. Her essays have been published in Instrucción Pública, Ultra, Archipiélago (founded by her brother, Max), Casa de las Américas, , Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional, Revista de la Universidad de La Habana, and Revista Lyceum. A feminist and a humanist, she lectured during much of her career, advocating intellectual study for women.

Camila Henríquez Ureña

Camila Henríquez Ureña (April 9, 1894 in Santo Domingo – September 12, 1973 in Santo Domingo), was a writer, essayist, educator and literary critic from the Dominican Republic who became a naturalized Cuban citizen. She descended from a family of writers, thinkers and educators; both her parents, Francisco Henríquez y Carvajal and Salomé Ureña, as well as her brothers Pedro and , were literary luminaries. Her essays have been published in Instrucción Pública, Ultra, Archipiélago (founded by her brother, Max), Casa de las Américas, , Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional, Revista de la Universidad de La Habana, and Revista Lyceum. A feminist and a humanist, she lectured during much of her career, advocating intellectual study for women.