Mariano Latorre
Mariano Lautaro Latorre Court (born January 4, 1886 in Cobquecura , † November 10, 1955 in Santiago de Chile ) was a Chilean writer .
Life
Latorre was born to the Spaniard Mariano de la Torre Sandelis and the French-born Fernandina Court. During his childhood, the family moved several times and moved one after the other to Valparaiso , Santiago de Chile, Parral and Talca . In Talca Latorre turned to literature together with his friend Fernando Santiván and in 1901 wrote the first articles for the magazine Luz y Sombra ; later also for La Actualidad , La Libertad and Zig-Zag . His literary role models included Émile Zola , Alphonse Daudet , Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Maxim Gorki , Charles Dickens , Guy de Maupassant and José María de Pereda . After his father's death, he dropped out of law school at the Universidad de Chile . He enrolled at the Instituto Pedagógico in 1908 , where he studied Latin, linguistics and Spanish literature. In 1915 he was appointed professor of Spanish at the same institute.
In addition to Fernando Santivan's, Latorre maintained close friendships with other writers, including Baldomero Lillo , Carlos Mondaca , Rafael Maluenda , Augusto Thomsom and Mario Luis Rocuant .
In 1936 Latorre was awarded the Premio Municipal de Santiago , and in 1944 the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile .
Latorre died on November 10, 1955. Among the speakers at the funeral service was Pablo Neruda .
plant
Latorre wrote a large number of narratives that dealt with Chilean landscapes and their inhabitants. He was one of the formative representatives of criollismo , that spiritual movement in South America that tries to establish an independent South American culture through the synthesis of Indian and European elements. In 1912 Latorre published his first book: Cuentos del Maule . Twenty more books were to follow in the coming decades. The most important works of Latorre include:
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- Lexicon of World Literature, Alfred Kröner Verlag Stuttgart (1975), ISBN 3-520-80702-5
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| SURNAME | Latorre, Mariano |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Latorre Court, Mariano Lautaro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cobquecura |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1955 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |