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Abelardo Vicioso (April 27, 1930 - January 13, 2004 ) - Dominican intellectual, politician (patriot) and lawyer, part of the literary Generation of 48, characterized by a historical and social awareness (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6). ==Biography== Abelardo Sergio Vicioso González was born on April 27, 1930, in the city of Santo Domingo. Her parents were Sergio Vicioso and Leonor González. He was the eldest of five siblings, who were the following: Vinicio, Leonor Esther (Nona), Ligia and Maritza (7). Since childhood, Abelardo Vicioso felt love for literature (8). At just 18 years old (1948), he began to release his literary production, publishing his first poems in the newspaper El Caribe (9). He studied Laws at the University (now Autonomous) of University of Santo Domingo, graduating in 1953. Immediately, he applied for a diplomatic post, offered by the Dominican Government in a local newspaper. But president Rafael Trujillo, instead named him in the army with the rank of lieutenant. Afterwards, he was appointed as military prosecutor (12) (13) (14) (15) and led the official journal of the institution. However, Vicioso joined groups conspiring against the tyrant. As soon as he noticed he was being spied on by the State security agencies (SIM), his father Sergio - with important relationships in the Government - sought Abelardo to be appointed Vice-consul in Curacao. Then Trujillo, decided to send Vicioso’s brother, Vinicio - pilot, graduated from the US Military Academy of Lackland, Texas - to bring him back. But both remained in the former Dutch colony, and then headed to Cuba, as political exiles. (16). Meanwhile in their country, the remaining relatives suffered harassment and persecution. Trujillo's henchmen tried to kill his father, as the whole family was taken as prisoners to the military base of San Isidro. (17). In 1963 Vicioso returned alone to the Dominican Republic - his brother Vinicio committed suicide in Havana just a few months prior - during the Presidency of Juan Bosch, the first democratically elected government after the fall of the dictatorship Trujillo (1961). Bosch was removed from power, just seven months after his ascension, by conservative military forces (18). So in 1965, the so-called Dominican April Revolution (initially Civil War) burst out with the aim of reinstating the government of Bosch and its liberal Constitution, and immediately Vicioso joined the rebels. Then US troops - 42,000 marines - invaded the Dominican Republic (19). His poem Canto to Vertical Santo Domingo became an anthem for the Constitutionalists fighters during the clashes (20). During his stay in Cuba as an exile (34), Vicioso co-founded the Popular Socialist Party. Years later (1982), this political entity merged with the Dominican Liberation Party, and Abelardo is integrated immediately to its Central Committee. He was also the personal assistant of professor Juan Bosch, then President (21). Since 1965 Vicioso taught at the university where he studied (UASD), and became Director of the Department of Letters at the Faculty of Humanities later. Subsequently, he was elected to the position of Vice-Dean, then, as a Dean (for two terms) of the aforementioned Faculty. During the autocratic government of Joaquin Balaguer (1966-1978), Vicioso opposed, so he (and his family) suffered persecution, imprisonment and deportation (22). Abelardo co-founded the Dominican Committee of Cuba’s Friends, later becoming its President. During the first term of Dr. Leonel Fernández Reyna (1996-2000) - when the diplomatic relations with the neighboring island, suspended for nearly four decades, were set back (1997) - Vicioso served as his Special Assistant (23). At those years Vicioso began to write his first (and only) autobiographical novel under the title Memoirs of Lieutenant Poison. However, shortly before concluding it, on January 13, 2004 (24), Abelardo died in his hometown of Santo Domingo due to cardio-respiratory problems. His son Carlos, compiled and organized the manuscripts, finally had it published by the Ministry of Culture in 2008 (25) (26). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abelardo Vicioso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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