Evaristo Carriego
Evaristo Carriego (born May 7, 1883 in Paraná (Entre Ríos) , † October 13, 1912 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine journalist and writer .
Carriego did not gain national fame through his own literary works, but through Jorge Luis Borges , who wrote a biography about him. Astor Piazzolla in his opera María de Buenos Aires (1968) pays him homage with a "Milonga carrieguera". The composer Eduardo Rovira also contributed to Carriego's fame, he composed a tango entitled “A Evaristo Carrigo”, which is now one of the evergreens .
Carriego died in Buenos Aires on October 13, 1912 at the age of 29 and was buried in the Chacarita cemetery .
Works
stories
- Flor de Arrabal . 1927.
Poetry
- La bandera celeste .
- La canción del barrio .
- La fonda .
- Misas herejes . 1908.
- Vida del General Lamadrid .
- Vida y muerte en Aragón .
(Although no volume of poetry has been published in German, there are a few selected poems and poetry excerpts (Spanish, German) in the 2nd volume of the Fischer edition of Jorge Luis Borges , entitled Kabbala und Tango . The collection of essays Evaristo Carriego contained there also includes the biography mentioned above.)
Web links
literature
- Beatriz Eggers Teleki: La poesia argentina de Evaristo Carriego . Dissertation, Berkeley University 1977.
- Pedro C. Malvigne: El dolor de los grandes. Pedro Miguel Obligado , Alfonsina Storni , Evaristo Carriego, Arturo Marasso , Fernández Moreno , Darlos Guido Spano , Gabriela Mistral , Pío Collivadino . Plus Ultra, Buenos Aires 1987, ISBN 950-21-0872-8 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carriego, Evaristo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paraná (Entre Ríos) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 13, 1912 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |