Pedro Miguel Obligado

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Pedro Miguel Obligado

Pedro Miguel Obligado (born December 2, 1892 in Buenos Aires , † 1967 ibid) was an Argentinian writer.

Obligado came from a very wealthy family, his father was Rafael Obligado , "the poet of Paraná" and Carlos Obligado was his older brother.

Obligado studied law and social sciences at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and was able to successfully complete this course. Subsequently, he was entrusted with a teaching position at the Colegio Nacional "Bartolomé Miter" (Buenos Aires). For many years he also worked as editor of the newspaper La Nación .

Honors

  • 1924 Premio Nacional for El hito de oro

Works (selection)

Poetry
  • Los altares . 1959.
  • Antología poética . 1954.
  • El ala de sombra . 1921.
  • El canto perdido . 1935.
  • Gris . 1918.
  • El hito de oro . 1924.
  • La isla de los cantos . 1931.
  • Melancolía . 1943.
prose
  • ¿Qué es el verso? 1957.
  • La tristeza de Sancho . 1928.

literature