Ofelia Hooper
Panamanian writer and professor
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Ofelia Hooper Polo (13 November 1900, in Las Minas, Panama – 23 September 1981) was a Panamanian sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and civil rights activist.[1][2]
Ofelia Hooper Polo | |
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| Born | 13 November 1900 Las Minas, Panama Department, Columbia (now in Panama) |
| Died | 23 September 1981 (aged 80) Panama |
| Alma mater | Universidad de Panamá |
| Occupations | Sociologist, poet, professor, researcher, and activist |
| Known for | Sociology |
| Parent(s) | Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés |
She was the daughter of Maurice Hooper and Olimpia Polo Valdés.[1] She worked at several print media in Panama, including La Antena (1931) and the Frontera (1937); she also edited Primicias in 1927.[1] Together with Eda Nela, she was one of the first proponents of the avant-garde in Panamanian poetry.[3]
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).[4][5] She was also a pioneering researcher of Agriculture in Panama.[1]
Works
- Aspects of rural social life in Panama (Spanish: Aspectos de la vida social rural de Panamá) (1945)
- Sketch of the rural Panamanian man (Spanish: Semblanza del hombre rural de Panamá) (1969)
