Enrique Geenzier

Juan Enrique Geenzier (June 12, 1887 – September 21, 1943) was a self-taught Panamanian writer, politician, and diplomat.

Enrique Geenzier
Born	(1887-06-12)June 12, 1887[1] Chitré, Panama[1]
Died	September 21, 1943(1943-09-21) (aged 56)[1] Colón, Panama

In 1916, he won the Natural Flower (Flor Natural) prize at the Floral Games.^[1] Geenzier ran the literary magazine Esto y Aquello.^[1] He served as a diplomat in Costa Rica, New York, and Venezuela.^{[1][2][unreliable source?]} He also was Secretary of External Relations and the governor of Colon.^[1]

Though some romanticism is apparent in Geenzier's poetry, its predominant impulse is modernism; its sentimentality is often somewhat ironic.^[2] Demetrio Korsi wrote of Geenzier in his Antología de Panamá: "In his moments of true inspiration, he is simply exquisite."^[3]

Works

• Crepúsculos y sombras (1916)
• La tristeza del vals (1921)
• Corazón adentro (poems from 1916-1925)
• Poesías (1933)
• Sangre (1936)
• Viejo y Nuevo (1943).