Santos Inzaurralde

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Santos Inzaurralde Rodrigo (born June 5, 1925 in Minas , Uruguay ; † March 1, 2013 ibid) was a Uruguayan writer , songwriter and politician .

Santos Inzaurralde wrote numerous texts for musical works, including the Minas y Abril sung by Santiago Chalar in 1978 and Desde el Mangrullo in 1982 . Together with Santiago Chalar , he founded the Minas y Abril Festival in 1985 . Inzaurralde published two volumes of poetry. These were Vengo de Minas in 1975 and Las uvas de abuela in 1998 . From 1999 to 2000 he was director of the Casa de la Cultura in Lavalleja .

Inzaurralde also pursued a career as a politician. Such was the Edil the Junta Departamental Lavalleja which he presided as president in 1956 and was elected as a deputy of Lavalleja 1,962th He represented the Partido Nacional . In 1967 he was Secretary General of the Intendencia Departamental of Lavalleja .

Awards (excerpt)

  • 1975: First prize in the Canciones a mi patria competition
  • 1978: First prize in the international competition of the Los Principios newspaper in San José
  • 1981: First prize in the competition in honor of Wenceslao Varela
  • 1982: First prize in the competition of the Asociación General de Autores del Uruguay (AGADU) and the Círculo Policial de Montevideo
  • 1987: First prize in the international competition in honor of José Joaquín Da Silvas in Minas Gerais
  • 1999: Ceibo de amistad in Rosario, Argentina

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ according to Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya ; El País, on the other hand, gives the date of birth June 25, 1925.
  2. ^ Fallció el poeta Santos Inzaurralde Rodrigo (Spanish) in El País of March 2, 2013, accessed on September 12, 2013
  3. ↑ Personajes destacados, vinculados a Lavalleja (Spanish) at www.tacuy.com.uy, accessed on March 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Inzaurralde, Santos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Inzaurralde Rodrigo, Santos (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan writer, songwriter and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Minas , Uruguay
DATE OF DEATH 1st of March 2013
Place of death Minas , Uruguay