Francisco Luis Bernárdez

Francisco Luis Bernárdez (born October 5, 1900 in Buenos Aires , † October 24, 1978 ibid) was an Argentine diplomat and writer.

Bernárdez lived in Vigo ( Spain ) between 1920 and 1924 , where he worked as a journalist and was greatly influenced by the modern literature there . After his return he came to Grupo Florida through his friendship with Roberto Arlt and other writers . During this time, Bernárdez had a job as a journalist for the daily La Nación ; later he moved to Critico .

In 1948 the Academie Argentina de Letras accepted him as a member. Around 1950, President Juan Perón appointed him to the diplomatic service; he represented his country in Madrid until 1960 . After returning from Spain, he soon withdrew from the public eye.

Works (selection)

• El Angel de la Guarda . 1949.
• Bazaar . 1922.
• Cielo de tierra . 1937.
• La ciudad sin Laura . 1938.
• La copa de agua . 1963.
• Las estrellas . 1947.
• La flor . 1951.
• Orto . 1922.
• Poemas de cada día . 1963.
• Poemas de carne y hueso . 1943.
• Poemas nacionales . 1950.
• El riuseñor . 1945.
• Tres poemas católicos . 1959.

literature

• Rogelio Barufaldi: Francisco Luis Bernárdez . Editorial Culturales Argentinas, Buenos Aires 1963.
• Oscar Echeverri Mejía: Francisco Luis Bernárdez o la renovación dentro de lo clássico . In: Universidad de Antioquia , Vol. 45 (1969), No. 175, pp. 667-680.
• Angélica B. Lacunza: Bibliografía de Francisco Luis Bernárdez . Universidad de Buenos Aires 1962.
• Angélica B. Lacunza: Francisco Luis Bernárdez y el vanguardismo . Universidad de Buenos Aires 1963.
• Carmen Valderrey: Espacio y tiempo en la poesía de Francisco Luis Bernárdez . In: Rvista de literatura , Vol. 47 (1985), No. 94, pp. 213-218.