Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara

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Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara in his notary's office (1918)

Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara (born April 18, 1857 in Molina , † November 11, 1939 in Santiago ) was a literary critic , author and Chilean politician.

Life

family

His wife
Susana Correa Vergara
1862 - 1953
with whom he fathered 9 children

Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara was born to Nicolás de la Cruz Donoso (1827-1860) and Elisa Martínez de Vergara y Loys (daughter of Pedro Nolasco Vergara Albano and Mercedes Loys Vergara); his only sister Elisa Cruz Vergara married Francisco Javier Sánchez Fresno in 1885. He was the grandson of Mateo de la Cruz Burgos , great-grandson of Vicente de la Cruz y Bahamonde and great-great-nephew of the Count of Maule.

He married his cousin first degree Susana Correa Vergara (January 10, 1862 to January 31, 1953), daughter of Vicente Correa Albano and Agustina Martínez de Vergara y Loys, by whom he had nine children: Fabio, Nicolas, Pedro Nolasco, Susana , Elisa, Mercedes, Julia, Eduardo and Manuel.

Famous grandchildren

His son
Pedro Nolasco Cruz Correa
1887 - 1939

Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara had the following famous grandchildren:

education

Attended primary school at the Colegio de los Padres Escolapios in Santiago de Chile. He completed secondary school at the Colegio de los Padres Franceses. He then studied at the Universidad de Chile, where he graduated "Bachiller en Humanidades" (bachelor's degree in humanities) on January 7, 1873 and in 1877 received his bar title.

Literary critic and author

He worked as a literary critic and author, whereby his work can be assigned to so-called cultural nationalism. 6 Author of the novels Fantasías humorísticas (1881), Esteban (1883), El paso de Venus (1884) and Flor de campo (1886) .7 8 Despite the success of his works among his contemporaries, his essays on Chilean literature are mainly remembered. As part of his literary analysis and criticism, the publication of works such as Pláticas literarias (1889), Manual de Literatura Preceptiva (1900), Estudios críticos sobre don José Victorino Lastarria (1917), Estudios sobre la literatura chilena (1926–1940, 3 volumes ), “Desolación” by Gabriela Mistral and “Al vivir” by Francisco Concha y Castillo (1929), Biografía de Carlos Walker Martínez (1904), Cuentos (1930) and the posthumously published book Bilbao y Lastarria (1944).

Misael Correa Pastene described Pedro N. Cruz in the year 1940 as follows:

In all of his studies, Cruz Vergara shows an urge for righteousness and truth alike. And that makes him a notable critic who offers guidance for all those who want to appreciate our literature; Noting how in the system he used he followed the guidelines with which Sainte Beuve superseded emotional, impressionistic and individualistic criticism (although this school still has a large number of followers) by studying quality and ability the authors, the medium they intend to use and their artistic affiliation; and considering how he has already gone to court with all our authors, despite the relative vastness of our country, his youth and his still limited publications, he has truly earned the title of “Chilean Sainte Beuve ”.

M. Correa Pastene. October 1940

Literary chronicler and teaching activity

Until his death he worked as a literary chronicler for the newspapers El Independiente , La Unión and El Diario Ilustrado . He also gave lectures on literature at the Universidad de Chile and taught at the Colegio de los Padres Franceses.

Public work and private life

From 1903 to 1913 he held the post of State Secretary for War and the Navy, between 1913 and 1939 he worked as a public notary and registrar for real estate and from 1901 to 1928 he held the post of General Secretary of the Partido Conservador (Conservative Party).
He was the owner of the estates Fundos Molino (1877-1939) and the Viña Antivero winery (1897-1939) in the former municipality of Roma, which is now part of the municipality of San Fernando .

Selected publications

  • Manual de Literatura Preceptiva (1900).

  • Estudios Críticos sobre José Victorino Lastarria , 1917.

  • Estudios sobre la Literatura Chilena, 1926.

  • Estudios sobre la Literatura Chilena, 1940.

  • Novelas costumbristas
    Esteban (1883)
    Paso de Venus (1884)

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Estudio sobre la literatura chilena, 1940, prologue by M. Correa Pastene, October 1940
  2. ↑ Biography of Pedro Nolasco Cruz Vergara
  3. ↑ La historiografía Chilena 1842 a 1970 by Cristián Gazmuri, 2006 edition, Aguilar Chilena de Ediciones SA; Page 252
  4. ↑ Cruz Correa family
  5. ↑ Anales de la Universidad de Chile, number 44, Imprenta del Siglo, 1873, pages 8–9
  6. ↑ Historia de literatura ilustrada de Francisco A. Encina, redactada por Leopoldo Castedo, vol. 11, pp 144-152
  7. ^ Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional
  8. ↑ Historia de literatura ilustrada by Francisco A. Encina, author Leopoldo Castedo, Volume 11, pp. 144–152
  9. ↑ Romanticismo en Chile, Memoria Chilena
  10. ^ Subercaseaux, Bernardo (2004). Historia de las ideas y de la cultura en Chile, Volume 3. Editorial Universitaria. P. 252. ISBN 978-956-111-707-5
  11. ^ Literary criticism of Marta Brunet (1940)
  12. ↑ Romanticismo en Chile, Memoria Chilena
  13. ^ Estudios sobre la Literatura Chilena, Editorial Nascimento, Santiago de Chile, 1940.
  14. ^ Library of the National Congress
personal data
SURNAME Cruz Vergara, Pedro Nolasco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chilean literary critic, author and politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Molina
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1939
Place of death Santiago de Chile