Dario Canton
Darío Canton (born November 12, 1928 in Nueve de Julio , Buenos Aires Province ) is an Argentine writer and sociologist.
Life
Canton studied philosophy at the Universidad de Buenos Aires ; later he moved to the University of Berkeley for sociology . In 1963 he returned to his homeland and has worked there as a sociologist ever since.
reception
In addition to his considerable sociological oeuvre, Canton also made a name for himself as a poet over the years. In his poems he tries again and again to explore the limits of literary communication and to cross them. Canton designed his Asemal in twenty leaflets, which he sent to around five hundred people at home and abroad between 1975 and 1979 in order to call for a dialogue.
Canton also tried to break new ground in his choice of words. In addition to the "normal" language, he also repeatedly used Lunfardo , foreign words, slang and even specially invented terms. His Abecedario Médico Canton shows a lot of his ironic play with language and his joy in word games. In this work, Canton redefines around 800 terms or names of medicinal products and also plays with their onomatopoeia.
In his anthology Poamorio , Canton brings together a number of love poems. The reviewer Jean Franco praised this "... as the first emancipated dialogue between poet and love object".
Works (selection)
Fiction
- Asemal . 1975.
- Abecedario Médico Canton . 1977.
- Poamorio . 1969.
- Poemas familiares . 1975.
Non-fiction
- Gardel ¿a quién le cantás? (Historia Argentina; Vol. 6). Editorial de la Flor, Buenos Aires 1972.
- Argentina. La democracia constitutional y su crisis . Editorial Paidós, Buenos Aires 1972 (together with José L. Moreno and Alberto Ciria).
- El pueblo legislador. La elecciones de 1983 . CISCO, Buenos Aires 1986.
- Elecciones y pardidos políticos en la Argentina. Historia, interpretación y balance; 1910-1966 . Siglo Veintiuno, Buenos Aires 1973.
- La politica de los militares Argentinos. 1900-1971 . Siglo XXI, Buenos Aires 1971.
literature
- Alvaro Miranda: Conversaciones versaciones con Jorge Luis Borges , Darío Canton, Roberto Cossa , José Donoso , Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer , Roberto Juarroz . Editorial del Mirador, Montevideo 2001, ISBN 9974-615-04-6 .
- Dieter Reichardt (Ed.): Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1992, ISBN 3-518-40485-7 , pp. 25-26.
- Julio Schvartzman: Una poética de la autogénesis. Darío Canton y el poema del cuento del poema . In: Filología , Vol. 27 (1994), Heft 1/2, pp. 187-194.
Individual evidence
- ↑ see: Dieter Reichardt (Ed.): Authors Lexicon Latin America , p. 26.
- ↑ the title is the palindrome of the term la mesa (the table).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canton, Dario |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine writer and sociologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nueve de Julio , Buenos Aires Province |