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


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About Ofelia Hooper

  • 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.

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