Carlos Martín Fajardo

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Carlos Martín Fajardo (born January 16, 1914 in Chiquinquirá , † 2008 in Tarragona ) was a Colombian poet, Romanist and Hispanic who worked in the Netherlands.

life and work

Carlos Martín Fajardo (known as Carlos Martín ) was the high school director in Zipaquirá , where Gabriel García Márquez was one of his students from 1942 to 1946. Together with Jorge Rojas and others he belonged to the group of poets "Piedra y Cielo".

He studied at the Pontifical University of Xaveriana and received his doctorate in law in 1947 with the thesis Introducción al estudio de las obligaciones naturales .

Martín was a lecturer (lecturer) from 1961 and from 1980 until his retirement in 1982 full professor of Spanish American literature at the University of Utrecht . He was a literary critic on a Dutch radio show for 15 years.

Martín was a corresponding member of the Academia Venezolana de la Lengua , whose "Premio Lucila Palacios" he had received. He was the recipient of the Aurelio Arturo Prize .

Works

The poet

  • Territorio amoroso , Bogotá 1939, 1989
  • Epitafio de Piedra y cielo y otros poemas , Bogotá 1940, 1984
  • La sombra de los días , 1952, 1998
  • (with Jorge Rojas) Cuadernos de piedra y cielo , Bogotá 1972
  • Es la hora , Madrid 1972
  • Hacia el último asombro , Bogotá 1991
  • Perdurable fulgor , Bogotá 1992
  • Vida en amor y poesía. Suma poética , Santafé de Bogotá 1995 (611 pages)

The Romanist

  • P iedra y cielo en la poesía Hispanoamericana , The Hague 1962
  • America en Rubén Darío . Aproximación al concepto de la literatura hispanoamericana , Madrid 1972
  • Hispanoamerica. Mito y surrealismo , Bogotá 1986
  • Tomás Vargas Osorio [1908-1941], Bogotà 1990
  • Otto Morales Benítez . Algunos aspectos, maravillas y coincidencias , Santafé de Bogotá 1995

literature

  • El sonido del hombre , Bogotá 1986 (Homage to Martín: “Con esta publicación la Universidad Central le rinde homenaje al poeta Carlos Martín, quien conjuntamente con Jorge Rojas y Gerardo Valencia son los poetas vivientes del grupo de Piedra y Cielo, quienes le han dado brillo a la poesía colombiana ”)
  • Gabriel García Márquez, Vivir para contarla , 2002, chap. 4th

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personal data
SURNAME Martín Fajardo, Carlos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Carlos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colombian poet, Romanist and Hispanist who worked in the Netherlands
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Chiquinquirá
DATE OF DEATH 2008
Place of death Tarragona