Amanda Berenguer

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Amanda Berenguer (born June 24, 1921 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † July 13, 2010 ) was a Uruguayan writer .

Berenguer in the Generación del 45 (seated left) (no year)

Berenguer was married to José Pedro Díaz . From 1945 she and her husband managed the La Galatea publishing house . In 1968 she was one of the founders of Maldoror magazine .

Berenguer, who belonged to the Generación del 45 and who as a member of the Academia Nacional de Letras del Uruguay was awarded the title Académica de Honor at the age of 85 , published numerous poetic works. In 1940 she began writing with A través de los tiempos que llevan a la gran calma . For El río , published in 1952 , she received First Prize from the Ministerio de Instrucción Pública . For her work La dama de Elche , first published in Madrid in 1987 and then in Montevideo in 1990 , she was awarded the First Prize of the Intendencia Municipal of Montevideo as well as that of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) in 1987 . It was also awarded by the Fundación Banco Exterior de España and finally received the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgó as part of the second edition . Even Los Signos sobre la mesa brought her in 1987 with the Premio Reencuentro the University of the Republic a price one. In 2001 she was the only invited representative of Uruguay to take part in a meeting of international poetry held in Chile, at which authors such as Ernesto Cardenal , Nicanor Parra , Juan Gelman , Adrianne Rich and Raúl Zurita were present. The following year she received the B'nai B'rith Golden Candlestick . Berenguer's works have been translated into English, Italian, French and Portuguese.

Publications

  • A través de los tiempos que llevan a la gran calma (1940)
  • Canto Hermético (1941)
  • Elegía por la muerte de Paul Valéry (1945)
  • El río (1952)
  • La invitación (1957)
  • Contracanto (1961)
  • Quehaceres e invenciones (1963)
  • Declaración conjunta (1964)
  • Materia prima (1966)
  • Dicciones (sound recording) (1973)
  • Composición de lugar (1976)
  • Poesía 1949-1979 (1980)
  • Identidad de ciertas frutas (1983)
  • La dama de Elche (1987)
  • Los Signos sobre la mesa (1987)
  • La botella verde (1995)
  • El pescador de caña (1995)
  • La estranguladora (1998)
  • Poner la mesa del 3er (2002)
  • Constelación del navío (2002)
  • Las mil y una preguntas y propicios contextos (2005)
  • Casas donde viven criaturas del lenguaje y el diccionario (2005)

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personal data
SURNAME Berenguer, Amanda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2010