Ofelia Hooper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ofelia Hooper

Panamanian academic and poet

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1900

Place of Birth: Las Minas, Panama

Date of Death: 23-Sep-1981

Profession: writer, poet, university teacher, sociologist

Nationality: Panama

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ofelia Hooper Polo (Las Minas, Panama, 13 November 1900 – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.
She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.
Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.She was one of the pioneers of the field of sociology in Panama, together with Demetrio Porras (1898–1972) and Georgina Jiménez de López (1904–1994).
She was also a pioneering researcher of Panamanian agriculture.