Marosa di Giorgio
Marosa di Giorgio Medici (born January 1, 1932 in Salto , † August 17, 2004 in Montevideo ) was a Uruguayan poet .
Di Giorgio, of Italian-Basque descent, not only wrote poetry, but also created contemporary literature in addition to erotic stories. In total, she published one novel, three collections of short stories and 14 books with poems. She started writing in the 1950s and published her first work at the age of 32. In 1978, di Giorgio, often referred to by critics as a surrealist, but who did not want to be assigned to any literary movement or school, settled in Montevideo. In 1989 and 1991 the two volumes of poetry Los papeles Salvajes with the collected works of di Giorgio appeared. Her novel Reina Amelia dates from 1999. Di Giorgio's works have been translated into English, French, Portuguese and Italian. She received a Fulbright Scholarship ( Beca Fullbright ). In 2001 she was awarded the First Prize of the Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín .
Works
- Poemas (1954)
- Humo (1955)
- Druida (1959)
- Historial de las violetas (1965)
- Magnolia (1968)
- La guerra de los huertos (1971)
- Está en llamas el jardín natal (1975)
- Clavel y Tenebrario (1979)
- La liebre de marzo (1981)
- Mesa de esmeralda (1985)
- Los papeles Salvajes (Collection of Her Poems), Volume 1 (1989)
- La falena (1989)
- Membrillo de Lusana (1989)
- Los papeles Salvajes (Collection of Her Poems), Volume Two (1991)
- Misales (1993), Erotic Stories
- Camino de las pedrerías (1997), erotic stories
- Reina Amelia (1999), B. Aires, Adriana Hidalgo, Roman
- Diamelas a Clementina Médici (2000)
- Rosa mística (2003), poems
- El gran ratón dorado, el gran ratón de lilas , B. Aires, El cuenco de plata; erotic stories
Web links
- www.marosadigiorgio.com.uy (Spanish), accessed December 16, 2011
- Short biography (Spanish), accessed December 16, 2011
- Marosa di Giorgio: The History of Violets , accessed December 16, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Columna: Poetas ocultos de culto ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish), Retrieved December 16, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giorgio, Marosa di |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Giorgio Medici, Marosa di (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salto , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 17, 2004 |
| Place of death | Montevideo , Uruguay |