Bernardo Verbitsky

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Bernardo Verbitsky

Bernardo Verbitsky (born November 22, 1907 in Buenos Aires , † March 15, 1979 ibid) was an Argentine journalist and writer.

Verbitsky died in Buenos Aires and found his final resting place there. The journalist and writer Horacio Verbitsky (* 1942) is his son.

Life

Verbitsky began studying at the Universidad de Buenos Aires , but dropped out again after a short time. He earned his living as a journalist and literary critic for the newspaper " Noticias Gráficas "; later he switched to publishing house Paidós ( Barcelona ).

With his 1941 novel "It difícil empezar a vivir" could Verbitsky successful debut and his 1957 published novel "Villa Miseria también it América" became the namesake for Villa miseria .

In addition to his literary work, Verbitsky wrote regularly for newspapers and magazines "La Crítica", "Nosotros", " La Nación ", "Ficción y América" ​​and the like. a.

He studied literature at the university and then worked for prestigious newspapers and magazines. In addition to short stories, his literary work also includes novels. He finds the material in the city among the simple, less well-off, even poor people, whose problems and worries he describes with a lot of understanding and empathy. For his first novel "Es difícil empezar a vivir" he received the Ricardo Güiraldes literary prize , for his second book "En esos años" he was awarded the ribbon of honor of the Argentine Writers' Association.

Honors

  • Premio Ricardo Güiraldes (1941) for the novel Es difícil empezar a vivir
  • Faja de Honor de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE) for the novel En esos años (1947)
  • Premio Municipal de Novela Ciudad de Bs. As. (1957) for the novel Villa Miseria también es América
  • Mención del Premio de la Editorial Kraft for the novel Villa Miseria también es América
  • Premio Alberto Gerchunoff (1965) for the novel Es difícil empezar a vivir
  • Faja de Honor de la SADE for the novel La neurosis monta su espectáculo
  • 3 ° in Premio Planeta (1974) for the novel Enamorado de Joan Báez .
  • Premio Club de los XIII for the novel Hermana y sombra
  • Premio Fundación Dupuytrén for the novel Hermana y sombra
  • Premio bianual Ricardo Rojas (1977)
  • Premio de los Narradores (1978)

Works (selection)

Scripts

Dos tipos con suerte. 1959.

stories
  • Café de los Angelitos y otros cuentos porteños. 1950.
  • Octubre maduro. 1976.
  • A pesar de todo '. 1978.
Essays
Novels
  • It difícil empezar a vivir. 1941.
  • En esos años. 1947.
  • Una pequeña familia. 1951.
  • Calles de tango. 1953.
  • La esquina. 1953.
  • Vacaciones. 1953.
  • Un noviazgo. 1956.
  • Villa Miseria también es América. 1957.
  • La tierra es azul. 1961.
  • Un hombre de papel. 1966.
  • La neurosis monta su espectáculo. 1969.
  • Etiquetas a los hombres. 1972
  • Enamorado de Joan Baez . 1975.
  • Hermana y sombra. 1977.

Film adaptations

  • Hugo del Carril filmed Verbitsky's novel “Calles de tango” in 1958 under the title “Una cita con la vida”.

literature

  • Miryam Gover de Nasatsky: "Villa Miseria también es America" ​​by Bernardo Verbitsky. Espacio textual y referencial . In: Nélida Salvador u. a. (Ed.): Los espacios de la literatura . Academia del Sur, Buenos Aires 2001, ISBN 987-96490-1-X .
  • Myron I. Light blue: The young jew in Buenos Aires. Bernardo Verbitsky's "It's hard to begin living" . In: Yiddish. 5: 82-86 (1984).
  • Juan C. Martini Real: Los libros de Bernardo Verbitsky . In: Macedonio. No. 6/7 (1970), pp. 65-77.
  • Carlos Mastrángelo: Bernardo Verbitsky. Novelista porteño . In: Ficción. Vol. 10 (1957), pp. 52-59.
  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 124-125.
  • Antonio Requeni: Diálogo con Bernardo Verbitsky . In: Mundo nuevo. No. 53 (1970), pp. 22-34.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Argentina. The white storm. in stories by its best contemporary authors. Horst Erdmann Verlag, Herrenalb / Black Forest 1964, DNB 450136191 , p. 358. (Spiritual encounter Volume 7)
  2. ↑ Uruguay
  3. ↑ Cien años de narrativa judeoargentina (1889-1989) . Milá, Buenos Aires 1990, ISBN 950-9829-26-9 , p. 116
  4. ↑ Casa de las Américas ( Memento of the original of March 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / catalogo.casadelasamericas.org
personal data
SURNAME Verbitsky, Bernardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1979
Place of death Buenos Aires