Emilio Oribe

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Emilio Oribe (born April 13, 1893 in Melo , † May 24, 1975 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan writer and philosopher .

Biography (excerpt)

Oribe, son of Nicolás Oribes and Virginia Coronel, first grew up in his native city. After moving to Montevideo, he continued his school education there from 1905 and graduated from high school in 1912. This was followed by medical studies, which he successfully completed in 1919. After returning from a stay in Europe, he settled in San José in 1925 and gave lectures in philosophy there. A year later he was appointed professor of literature at the Universidad de Mujeres or philosophy at the "Sección de Enseñanza Secundaria y Preparatoria". From 1919 onwards, various publications appeared. Further stays abroad followed later in the USA (1942 and 1961), England (1949), Mexico and Cuba (1951) as well as India, Greece and Turkey (1956). He was a professor at the Universidad de la República in Montevideo, where from 1958 he held the position of dean of the humanities and education faculty ("Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación"). In the same year he was also vice-president of the "VI.Congreso de Interamericano de Filosofía" held in Buenos Aires . In his works, comparable to Carlos Vaz Ferreira and José Enrique Rodó , among other things , he dealt with the cultural problems of his home country and Latin America in general. Oribe died of cancer on May 24, 1975 in Maciel Hospital and was buried in Melo Cemetery.

Works

  • El halconero astral (1919)
  • La colina del pájaro rojo (1925)
  • Poética y Plástica (1930)
  • Teoría del Nous (1934)
  • El pensamiento vivo de Rodó (1945)
  • El mito y el logos (1945)
  • Trascendencia y platonismo en poesía (1948)
  • La intuición estética del tiempo (1951)
  • La dinámica del verbo (1953)
  • Tres ideales estéticos (1958)

Awards

  • Premio Nacional de Literatura del Ministerio de Instrucción Pública (1963)
  • Honorary doctorate from the Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias (1964)

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personal data
SURNAME Oribe, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Melo
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1975
Place of death Montevideo