Enrique Fierro

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Enrique Fierro (2015)

Enrique Fierro (born July 26, 1941 or July 26, 1942 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † May 21, 2016 in Austin , Texas ) was a Uruguayan writer and literary critic .

After studying literature at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA), which was successfully completed in 1967, further studies at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) followed from 1974 to 1975 . He taught literary theory at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas , 1974 at the University of Rostock , from 1974 to 1985 at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (UCUDAL), at the UNAM, the Universidad de Guerrero and from 1974 to 1984 from the Mexican Universidad Anáhuac . During the military dictatorship that ruled between 1973 and 1984, he went into exile in Mexico, but returned to his native city at the end of this phase of Uruguay's history. There he took over the position of director of the Uruguayan national library in 1985, which he held until 1989. He then moved to Austin (Texas) in the USA as part of a teaching position for contemporary Hispanic American literature at the University of Texas . Fierro was also a literary critic for Marcha and the Mexican newspaper El Día and was a member of the editorial board (Consejo de Redacción) of the magazine Vuelta in Mexico.

Fierro published numerous books. In addition to translations by well-known writers such as William Shakespeare , Paul Éluard , Ezra Pound and Jean Genet, his works include a large number of other works.

Publications (selection)

  • 1964: De la invención
  • 1963-1966: Mutaciones
  • 1972: Entonces jueves
  • 1972: Mutaciones 1
  • 1973: Impedimenta
  • 1974: Capítulo aparte
  • 1976: Breve Suma
  • 1977: Textos / pretextos
  • 1977: 1/2
  • 1977: Trabajo y cambio
  • 1980: Las oscuras versiones
  • 1980: Días con perro
  • 1980: Ver para
  • 1980: Ver para creer, causa perdida, estaba escrito: para una crítica de la razón poética
  • 1982: Contrahierba
  • 1982: Fuera de lugar
  • 1983: La entonces música
  • 1984: Ristra
  • 1986: Calca
  • 1989: Quiero ver una vaca
  • 1991: La clave, el tono
  • 1991: Homenajes
  • 1992: Travestía
  • 1994: Paz por dos
  • 1996: La savia duda
  • 1996: Marcas y señales - 1972-1977
  • 1997: margins. Llamar a capitulo
  • 1997: Cuerpo extraño
  • 1997: Hechos, deshechos
  • 1997: Contra la distancia
  • 1999: Selección natural
  • 1999: Escrito en México
  • 2000: Murmurios y clamores

Awards

  • 1968: Premio Florencio for the translation of Shakespeare's As you like it
  • 1972: Poetry Prize of the City of Montevideo
  • Poetry Prize of the Country of Uruguay
  • Translator award from the Uruguayan theater critic

literature

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La poesía o la vida (Spanish) on ladiaria.com.uy of May 23, 2016, accessed on March 13, 2017
  2. ↑ Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 127
  3. ↑ Enrique Fierro (Spanish) on busqueda.com.uy, accessed March 14, 2017
  4. ↑ La poesía o la vida (Spanish) on ladiaria.com.uy of May 23, 2016, accessed on March 13, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Fierro, Enrique
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1941 or July 26, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 2016
Place of death Austin , Texas