Félix Tanco

Félix Tanco y Bosmeniel (Jan 28, 1797–1871, was a writer, poet, and novelist, better known for the first fictional story about slavery in the Americas: Petrona y Rosalía.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Tanco and the second or maternal family name is Bosmeniel.
Félix Tanco y Bosmeniel
BornFélix Manuel de Jesús Tanco y Bosmeniel
(1797-01-28)January 28, 1797
Bogota, Colombia
Died1871 (aged 73–74)
New York
NationalityCuba
Notable worksPetrona y Rosalía

Born Félix Manuel de Jesús Tanco y Bosmeniel, in Bogotá, Colombia, he arrived in Cuba at a very young age.[1][2][3]

He was considered the most radical writer of the epoch speaking against the injustices committed by the colonial government. He wrote at length against slavery and the despotic treatment that many blacks suffered under its authoritarian rule.[4]

In the narrative of his masterpiece Petrona y Rosalía, he spoke about the cruelty inflicted onto the slaves by the ruling master class that was backed by the colonial government. He spoke against the white elitism that predominated in society, which was always protected by a group with special interests in the promulgation and the expansion of the slave trade.[2][5]

In 1834, while speaking up against the social inequities, Tanco was charged in the judicial court by Governor Miguel Tacón for writing an article about slavery. The article had been published in the literary magazine Aurora de Matanzas that same year. In the article, Tanco respectfully urged the Governor to eradicate, among other things, gambling, bribes, and the slave trade. The governor thought that the article was an insult to his authoritative rank, so he charged him with insubordination against the government.[2][6][7]

Bibliography
  • Tanco, Félix (1833). Ignacio Herrera Davila (ed.). Rimas Americanas. Imprenta de Palmer.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Tanco Bosmeniel, Félix M. (1870). Portable y definitivo porvenir de la isla de Cuba. p. 15.
  • Tanco Bosmeniel, Félix M. (1980). Petrona y Rosalia. Editorial Letras Cubanas. p. 48.
  • Salvador Bueno, ed. (1975). Cuentos Cubanos del siglo XIX. Petrona y Rosalia: Editorial Arte y Literatura.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Manuel Mesa Rodriguez, ed. (1957). Centón Epistolario de Domingo del Monte, VII (1823–1843). Epistolario de Félix Tanco y Bosmeniel a Domingo del Monte: Editorial La Habana:imprenta de "El Siglo XX". p. 198.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Literary criticism of Félix Tanco's publications
  • Bueno, Salvador (1988). Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos. La novela antiesclavista en Cuba de 1835 a 1839. p. 169.CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • El negro en la novela hispanoamericana. La primitiva narración antiesclavista en Cuba de 1835 a 1839: Editorial Letras Cubanas. 1986.CS1 maint: location (link) CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Escoto, José Augusto (1916). Revista Histórica Crítíca y Bibliográfica de Literatura Cubana. Félix Manuel Tanco adversario de José de la Luz en la polémica sobre el Eclecticismo. p. 408.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ghorbal, Karim (2012). "Un radical discret : l'esclavage dans la pensée singulière de Félix Tanco Bosmeniel". Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez. 42 (1): 227–249. doi:10.4000/mcv.4428.
  • Williams, Luis (1990). Literary Bondage. Slavery in Cuban narrative. University of Texas Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Mesa Rodriguez, Manuel I. (1957). Centón Epistolario de Domingo del Monte (1823–1843). Partida bautismal de Félix Manuel Tanco y Bosmeniel: Editorial La Habana:imprenta de "El Siglo XX".CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Schulman, Iván A. (1977). Homenaje a Lydia Cabrera. Tanco y la literatura antiesclavista: Barcelona; Ediciones Universal. p. 317.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Triana y Antorveza, Humberto (2005). Boletín de Historia y Antigüedades. Dos colombianos en Cuba:José Fernández Madrid y Félix Manuel Tanco Bosmeniel. p. 65.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Ibáñez, Pedro María (1907). Boletín de Historia y Antigüedades. Bocetos biográficos. p. 574.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rodríguez-Arenas, Flor María (1993). Petrona y Rosalía. Félix Manuel Tanco y Bosmeniel.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rodríguez-Arenas, Flor María (1996). "Folios:Revista de la Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional". Literatura colombiana y de colombianos (Colonia y Siglo XIX): 55. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

References
  1. Rodriguez-Arenas, Flor María (2006). Bibliografía de La Literatura Colombiana del Siglo XIX- Tomo II(M-Z). Stockcero, Inc. p. 512. ISBN 978-987-1136-47-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gomariz, José (2005). Colonialismo e independencia cultural: la narración del artista e intelectual hispanoamericano del siglo XIX. Verbum Editorial. p. 169. ISBN 978-84-7962-327-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Fornaris, Jose; Luaces, Joaquín Lorenzo (1861). José Socorro de León (ed.). Cuba poética: Colección escogida de las composiciones en verso de los poetas cubanos desde Zequeira hasta nuestros días. Impr. de la viuda de Barcina y comp. pp. 62, 235.
  4. Ghorbal, Karim (2012) "Un radical discret: l'esclavage dans la pensée singulière de Félix Tanco Bosmeniel". Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez. Nouvelle série 42.1: 227-249.
  5. Branche, Jerome (2006). Colonialism and race in Luso-Hispanic literature. University of Missouri Press. p. 127.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. Morales y Morales, Vidal (1901). Iniciadores y primeros mártires de la revolución cubana. Capítulo VIII: Impr. Avisador comercial. p. 680.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Domingo del Monte. (Aug 3, 1834) Carta de Domingo del Monte a Tomás Gener. Matanzas.
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