Juan Francisco Costa

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Juan Francisco Costa (born February 18, 1947 in Mercedes , Uruguay ) is a Uruguayan writer , essayist , critic and lecturer.

Costa, born in Mercedes in western Uruguay, but has lived in Montevideo since 1991 , completed an education in literature at the Instituto de Profesores Artigas (IPA), which he successfully completed in 1972. Later he worked at that institute as a lecturer and department head, led seminars for the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and also taught in the school sector at secondary level.

As part of his literary work, he published, among other publications, the three poetry works Antes de la luz , Claves sin historia and Versión de pájaros . Costa received various awards for his work. Among other things, he won first prize in the competition of UNESCO and the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture in 1975 together with Washington Lockhart for their Vida y obra de María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira , published 20 years later by the Academia Nacional de Letras .

Publications (excerpt)

  • 1977: Los evangelios y el Sermón del Monte
  • 1984: Calderon de la Barca
  • 1985: Antes de la luz , poetry
  • 1988: Claves sin historia , poetry
  • 1991: Versión de pájaros , poetry
  • 1995: Vida y obra de María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira , in co-authorship with Washington Lockhart
  • Dos poetas del siglo XX: Pedro Salinas y Octavio Paz , in co-authorship with Marisa Faggiani Domínguez
  • Juana de Ibarbourou: valoración actual de su obra. El rostro y los espejos , in co-authorship with Marisa Faggiani Domínguez, published by Editorial Linardi y Risso

Awards (excerpt)

  • 1975: First prize in the competition of UNESCO and the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture for Vida y obra de María Eugenia Vaz Ferreira
  • 1993: First prize in the competition of the National Library and the Peruvian Embassy in honor of César Vallejo for Una metafísica de la sensibilidad en la poesía de Vallejo
  • 1996: Mention of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture in the category "unpublished poetry" for El lugar de la presencia
  • 2001: First prize from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture for his essay Ariel, a cien años de su publicación
  • 2009: First prize in the International Competition of the Academia Nacional de Letras and the National Library for Juana de Ibarbourou: valoración actual de su obra. El rostro y los espejos

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Costa y Faggiani en una fresca visión a Ibarbourou ( Memento of the original of January 24, 2012 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. (Spanish) in El País, January 23, 2012, accessed May 21, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.elpais.com.uy
personal data
SURNAME Costa, Juan Francisco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer, essayist, critic and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Mercedes , Uruguay