Max Jara
Maximiliano Jara Troncoso (born August 21, 1886 in Yerbas Buenas , Provincia de Linares , † July 6, 1965 in Santiago de Chile ), better known as Max Jara , was a Chilean poet.
Life
Jara became interested in literature from an early age. At thirteen he published his first poems in the El Deber magazine in Talca . In 1901 he moved to Santiago de Chile, where he graduated from school and began studying medicine at the Universidad de Chile . After three years he broke off his studies for the sake of literature and worked as an administrative clerk at the university, where he worked his way up to deputy head. He took on tasks in the mathematical and technical faculties as well as in the Chilean state railway company. At the same time he wrote as an editor for the newspapers El Mercurio and El Diario Ilustrado .
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Jara published three books. The first, Juventud , appeared in 1909. It was a volume of poetry inspired by the style of Pedro Antonio González . Raúl Silva Castro praised the beauty of the verses, which are full of feeling, harmonious and elegant and in which the melancholy soul of the author, together with its hopes and fears, is expressed. Jara's second book, Poesías , came out in 1914, and a third, Asonantes , in 1922. Despite the small size of his poetic work, its quality has been widely recognized by the national criticism of Chile. In 1916, his work found a place in the anthology Selva lírica , and in 1956 a jury that included Pablo Neruda and Eduardo Barrios awarded him the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile .
Web links
- Poems by Max Jara (Spanish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jara, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maximiliano Jara Troncoso |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yerbas Buenas |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1965 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |