Luis Nicolás Fortuño Janeiro (6 December 1902 – 19 June 1966) was a politician, historian, journalist, and businessman from Ponce, Puerto Rico. He was senator from Ponce from 1937 to 1941.Armando Schmidt. "¿Olvido Ponce a Luis Fortuño?" El Reportero. 10 de abril de 1982. page 8.
Historian and journalist Fortuño is best remembered for his Album Histórico de Ponce (1692–1963), a photographic record of the city of Ponce and its leaders that covered nearly 300 years of Ponce history. It was his second edition of the book. He owned Imprenta Fortuño (Fortuño Press), a 20th-century icon in southern Puerto Rico's publishing industry.Luis Fortuño Janeiro. Album histórico de Ponce, 1692–1963 Ponce, Puerto Rico: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963. pp. 468–469. The press shut down in 2015.Cierra sus puertas la Imprenta Fortuño. Jason Rodríguez Grafal. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 9 September 2015.
Political career In 1936, he led the strike against the high rates of the Ponce Electric Company.Ramon E. Bausa. Con la ventana abierta...Era mejor cuando era peor. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Cordillera. 1996.Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 175. Item 893. The company was subsequently sold to the Puerto Rican Government's Autoridad de Fuentes Fluviales (now (2019) called "Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico"), becoming part of it in 1937.Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. pp. 111–112. Item 569. In 1956 Fortuño ran for mayor of Ponce, but lost his bid to Carlos Juan Cintrón.Frank Torres. "Luis Fortuño Janeiro." El Día. 23 de junio de 1966. page 10.
Books by Fortuño Janeiro Album histórico de Ponce, 1692–1963 Ponce, PR: Imprenta Fortuño. 1937. (First edition) Laureles póstumos : Antonio R. Barceló. 1939. (co-authored with Ramón Fortuño Sellés) Album histórico de Ponce, 1692–1963 Ponce, PR: Imprenta Fortuño. 1963. (Second Edition)
Note: Fay Fowlie-Flores wrote an index to both editions of the Album Histórico tilted "Indice a las dos ediciones del Album histórico de Ponce : 1692–1963."Indice a las dos ediciones del Album histórico de Ponce : 1692–1963. Worldcat.org Accessed 7 October 2019.
Accolades He is recognized at the Parque del Tricentenario in Ponce, Puerto Rico.History. Travel Ponce. Accessed 7 October 2019. In 1973, the Municipality of Ponce dedicated its Ponce Carnaval to him.Fay Fowlie de Flores. Ponce, Perla del Sur: Una Bibliografía Anotada. Second Edition. 1997. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico en Ponce. p. 173. Item 880.
Death Fortuño Janeiro died in the hospital in Barrio Cuarto, Ponce, Puerto Rico, on 19 June 1966 due to late stage stomach cancer.
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