Jorge Chagas
Jorge Chagas (born December 10, 1957 in Montevideo , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan journalist , historian and writer .
Chagas, who studied political science at the Universidad de la República , worked as a journalist for the weeklies Alternativa and Aquí, as well as the magazine Tres and the daily El Observador . At the radio station CX 28 Radio Imparcial , he was part of the team for the Vale por 7 show, responsible for the historical area .
Chagas has been a member of the Ruben D'Alba literature workshop since 1997 . His literary work extends, among other things, to works on the history of trade unions. His first novel, La Soledad del General , was published in 2001, followed in 2007 by Gloria y Tormento about the football player José Leandro Andrade . This novel was musically implemented in the following year by Comparsa Yambo Kenya and thus won the first prize of the carnival in its category. His texts were also used in various works such as Cuentos de Verano in 1995 , Pelota de Papel in 1998 , La sombra del agua in 2000 and El cuento uruguayo in 2002 .
Chagas has received several awards, including the National Literature Prize ( Premio Nacional de Literatura ) in 2003, 2009 and 2010 .
Publications (excerpt)
- 1996: José d'Elía. Memorias de la Esperanza , together with Gustavo Trullén
- 2001: La Soledad del General , Roman
- 2005: Pacheco. La trama oculta del poder , essay, together with Gustavo Trullén
- 2006: El sindicalismo uruguayo , in co-authorship with Universindo Rodríguez , Silvia Visconti and Gustavo Trullén
- 2007: Gloria y Tormento , Roman, published by Rumbo Editorial
- Banco La Caja Obrera. Una Historia , together with Gustavo Trullén
- Guillermo Chifflet: El Combate de la Pluma , together with Gustavo Trullén
Awards (excerpt)
- Third prize in the Fundación Banco de Boston's storytelling competition on organized football
- 1996: Special mention in the story competition of the Asociación de Bancarios del Uruguay
- 2003: National literary prize and honorary mention at the Premio Municipal de Literatura for his work Gloria y Tormento La Novela de José Leandro Andrade
- 2004: First prize in the story competition of the Fundación Banco de Boston - Club de Leones
- Honorary mention for Pacheco: La Trama Oculta del Poder in the category "unpublished historical essay"
- 2009: National literary prize in the "unpublished historical essay" category with his Banco La Caja Obrera, co-authored with Gustavo Trullén . Una Historia .
- 2010: National literary prize in the "unpublished historical essay" category for Guillermo Chifflet: El Combate de la Pluma
literature
- Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya by Miguel Ángel Campodónico , Librería Linardi y Risso, 2003, p. 83
Web links
- Escritor Jorge Chagas responde críticas del Prof. Jorge Pignataro (Spanish) in El Pueblo on February 8, 2012, accessed on May 16, 2012
- La oscura historia de la mafia fascista que aterrorizó al país (Spanish) in La República on December 7, 2008, accessed on May 16, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ Páginas - Ensayos ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País, January 18, 2008, accessed May 16, 2012
- ↑ El sindicalismo uruguayo ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 16, 2012
- ^ Binding by José D'Elía: Los años turbulentos, 1965-1984 (Spanish), accessed on May 16, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chagas, Jorge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo , Uruguay |