Manuel Castilla

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Manuel Castilla , actually Manuel José Castilla , (born August 14, 1918 in Cerrillos , Salta Province , † July 19, 1980 in Salta , Salta Province) was an Argentine librarian, journalist and writer.

In 1941 Castilla was able to debut very successfully with his poetry anthology "Agua de lluvia" and founded together with Julio Ardiles Gray , Raúl Galán u. a. the La Carpa literary circle .

Castilla was employed as a librarian at the Provincial Library in Salta and later became director there.

Works (selection)

Poetry
  • Agua de lluvia . 1941.
  • Bajo las lentas nubes . 1963.
  • Cantos del gozante . 1972.
  • Copajira . 1949.
  • Luna muerta . 1943.
prose
  • Coplas de Salta . 1972.
  • De solo estar . 1957.
Work editions
  • Obras completas . Editorial Corregidor, Buenos Aires 2000 (2 vols.).

literature

  • Susana Cella: Diccionario de literatura latinoamericana . Editorial Ateneo, Buenos Aires 1998, ISBN 950-02-8490-1 .
  • Armando de Magdala: Los poetas naturales de la tierra. Un itinerario poético argentino . Acercándonos Editores, Buenos Aires 2007, ISBN 978-987-052321-5 .
  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 28-29.
  • Jorge Vehils: Manuel Jorge Castillo . Buenos Aires 1981.
personal data
SURNAME Castilla, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Castilla, Manuel José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine librarian, journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Cerrillos , Salta Province
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1980
Place of death Salta , Salta Province