Gaspar Octavio Hernandez

ABOUT GASPAR OCTAVIO HERNANDEZ

Panamanian journalist and poet who served as editor of a newspaper called La Estrella de Panama.

He headed a literary journal called Memphis.

His published literary works include Song to the Flag, Melodies of the Past, and Iconography.

He passed away while working as a journalist, and his death day was designated a Panamanian holiday.

He and Belisario Porras were fellow Panamanian journalists.