Elvio Romero

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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)

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personal data
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