Elvio Romero
Elvio Romero (born December 12, 1926 in Yegros , † May 19, 2004 in Buenos Aires ) was a Paraguayan poet and writer.
At a young age, Romero was part of the literary scene in Asunción, where he was in contact with writers such as Josefina Plá , Hérib Campos Cervera , Óscar Ferreiro and José Antonio Bilbao . In 1947 he emigrated to Argentina. He lived there at first in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña , where his house became a center for Uruguayan exiles. a. José Asunción Flores , Herminio Giménez and the brothers Agustín and Rubio Larramendia frequented.
Romero later settled in Buenos Aires. Here he became the best-known poetic voice of the Paraguayan opposition in exile, noted and praised by writers such as Gabriela Mistral , Miguel Ángel Asturias , Pablo Neruda , Hamlet Lima Quintana and Josefina Plá . After the fall of Alfredo Stroessner , he became a member of the Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española and the Paraguayan PEN Club and worked as a diplomat in the Paraguayan embassy in Buenos Aires. For El poeta y sus circunstancias he received the 1991 National Prize for Literature.
Works
- Días roturados (1947)
- Miguel Hernández - Destino y poesía (1958)
- Resoles áridos (1948-49)
- Despiertan las fogatas (1950–52)
- El sol bajo las raíces (1952–55)
- De cara al corazón (1955)
- Esta guitarra dura (1960)
- Un relámpago herido (1963-65)
- Los innombrables (1959–73)
- Destierro y atardecer (1962-75)
- El viejo fuego (1977)
- Los valles imaginarios (1984)
- El poeta y sus encrucijadas (1991)
- Flechas en un arco tendido (1983–1993)
- El poeta y sus circunstancias (1991)
- Fabulaciones (2000)
swell
- Solo Literatura - Elvio Romero ( Memento from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Solo Literatura - Fallció el poeta paraguayo Elvio Romero ( Memento from September 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- El Latinoamericano - Elvio Romero - Biografía
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SURNAME | Romero, Elvio |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Paraguayan poet and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Yegros |
DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 2004 |
Place of death | Buenos Aires |