Carmelo Filardi

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Carmelo Filardi
Cover of Una Epoca de historia en Caricaturas by Carmelo Filardi.png
Cover of Filardi's book
Born
Carmelo Filardi Cantisani [1]

November 25, 1900
Yauco, Puerto Rico
DiedDecember 7, 1989
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCartoonist
Known forcartoons published in El Mundo newspaper
ChildrenCarlos Filardi Antonmattei [2] [3]
Parent(s)Vicente Filardi, Maria Cantisani
RelativesDomingo Filardi, Juan Bautista Filardi

Carmelo Filardi (1900–1989) was a Puerto Rican artist of Italian ancestry. He was a cartoonist who had his work published in Puerto Rico's El Mundo newspaper starting in 1927. He was from Yauco, Puerto Rico [4] and his parents were born in Italy. [1] Filardi specialized in satire and journalistic criticism. To do this, he used depictions of average daily life in Puerto Rico to illustrate his thoughts. He was a caricaturist and his work is included in University of Puerto Rico collections. [5]

His first published cartoon in El Mundo was in 1927. [6] In 1947, he published a book called Un año de historia en caricaturas, which contained a selection of his works from 1946 to 1947. [7]

In 1971, he published a book called Una Época de historia en Caricaturas. The book contained a collection of his works from 1948-1963. Eliseo Combas Guerra, wrote the prologue, selected the cartoons and annotated the work for the book, which was published by Editorial Universitaria of the University of Puerto Rico. [8]

His cartoons which featured life and events about Puerto Rico include one when José Ferrer, a Puerto Rican actor won an Oscar. [9]

Filardi's works and cultural influences have been featured and discussed in numerous books, publications and national archives such as:

There is a Carmelo Filardi Medal award. [27]

Filardi is related to the family which built the Filardi House. His father was Vicente Filardi, the primary builder. His older brothers Juan Bautista and Domingo were also contributors. [17] The professional tennis player Alex Llompart Filardi is also related to Carmelo Filardi. [28]

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  2. 1 2 Roy-Féquière, Magali (August 13, 2004). Women, Creole Identity, and Intellectual Life in Early Twentieth-century Puerto Rico. Temple University Press. ISBN   9781592132317 – via Google Books.
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  4. ↑ "Yauco, Puerto Rico". welcome.topuertorico.org.
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  6. ↑ Delano, Jack (1996). That's Life: Cartoons by "Joaquin" (in English and Spanish). University of Puerto Rico. p. 168. ISBN   08477-0247-2 . Retrieved 22 December 2012.
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