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Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer. Mario Benedetti was an outstanding poet, novelist, playwright,
short story writer and critic. In March 2001 he received the José Martí American Award
He performed various jobs before 1945, the year he began working as a journalist in The Morning,
The Daily Tribune and People, among others. The great success of his poetic and
narrative books, from Poems office Montevideanos 1956 and 1959,
was a recognition of the readers in the social portrait and criticism, largely ethical issues,
the writer formulated. This attitude resulted in an acid and controversial essay: The country
of the tail of straw (1960), and its consolidation in two important literary novels: The Truce (1960),
tragic love story between two order clerks, and thanks for the fire (1965),
which is a broader review of the national society, with the complaint of corruption of
journalism as power apparatus.
Memory and hope he published a collection of poems, reflections and photos that
summarize the author's ruminations on youth.
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Octavio Paz
Mexico city. Mexican writer. Octavio Paz forms the triad of great poets who,
following the decline of modernism, led the renewal of Latin American poetry
of the twentieth century. The Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, the first awarded to a
Mexican author also gave recognition of his immense and influential intellectual stature,
which was reflected in a brilliant essayist.
following the decline of modernism, led the renewal of Latin American poetry
of the twentieth century. The Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990, the first awarded to a
Mexican author also gave recognition of his immense and influential intellectual stature,
which was reflected in a brilliant essayist.
Grandson of writer (Irenaeus Paz), literary interests Octavio Paz demonstrated very early,
and published his first works in various literary magazines.
He studied in the faculties of Law and Philosophy at the National University.
was one of the founders of Workshop (1938) and The Prodigal Son.
He furthered his studies in the United States in 1944-1945, and after World War II,
received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, to later join the Mexican Foreign Service.
and published his first works in various literary magazines.
He studied in the faculties of Law and Philosophy at the National University.
was one of the founders of Workshop (1938) and The Prodigal Son.
He furthered his studies in the United States in 1944-1945, and after World War II,
received a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation, to later join the Mexican Foreign Service.
Poet, novelist, essayist, translator, editor and great promoter of Mexican letters,
Paz always remained at the center of artistic and social discussion of the country.
His poetry delved into the grounds of the formal experimentation and reflection
on the destiny of man.
Paz always remained at the center of artistic and social discussion of the country.
His poetry delved into the grounds of the formal experimentation and reflection
on the destiny of man.
Make his poetry fifteen titles: Wild Moon (1933); Under a light shade on Spain
and Other Poems (1937); Between the stone and the flower (1941);
Parole (1949); Eagle or Sun (1951); Seeds for a hymn (1954); Violent Station (1958);
Salamander (1962); Hillside East (1969); Topoemas (1971); Renga (1972);
Clear Past (1975); Back (1976); Poems (1979) and tree in (1987).
and Other Poems (1937); Between the stone and the flower (1941);
Parole (1949); Eagle or Sun (1951); Seeds for a hymn (1954); Violent Station (1958);
Salamander (1962); Hillside East (1969); Topoemas (1971); Renga (1972);
Clear Past (1975); Back (1976); Poems (1979) and tree in (1987).
His production encompasses eleven prose works: The Labyrinth of Solitude (1950);
The Bow and the Lyre (1959); Cuadrivio (1965); Claude Levi-Strauss or the new
feast of Aesop (1967); Conjunctions and disjunctions (1969); The Monkey Grammarian (1974);
Children Slime (1974); The Philanthropic Ogre (1979);
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz or the Traps of Faith (1982); Cloudy (1983)
and Men of the Century (1984).
The Bow and the Lyre (1959); Cuadrivio (1965); Claude Levi-Strauss or the new
feast of Aesop (1967); Conjunctions and disjunctions (1969); The Monkey Grammarian (1974);
Children Slime (1974); The Philanthropic Ogre (1979);
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz or the Traps of Faith (1982); Cloudy (1983)
and Men of the Century (1984).
Broadly speaking, one can distinguish three phases in his work: the first,
the author intended to penetrate through the floor, in an area of essential
energy that led to certain impersonality; in the second it also loosely connected
with the surrealist tradition, before finding a new impetus in contact with the East;
in the last stage of his lyrical path, the poet gave priority to the alliance knowledge.
In 1990 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
the author intended to penetrate through the floor, in an area of essential
energy that led to certain impersonality; in the second it also loosely connected
with the surrealist tradition, before finding a new impetus in contact with the East;
in the last stage of his lyrical path, the poet gave priority to the alliance knowledge.
In 1990 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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