Washington Benavidez
Washington Benavidez , also known as Washington Benavides , (born March 3, 1930 in Tacuarembó , Uruguay ; † September 24, 2017 ) was a Uruguayan writer , lecturer , translator , literary critic and radio host .
Life
Benavidez taught literature at the Faculty of Humanities and Education (FHCE) of the Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Departamento de Letras Modernas y Contemporáneas . He was the coordinator of seminars of the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) and also worked as a lecturer at the Escuela Universitaria de Música .
In the 1950s he worked for Asir magazine . At the station CX 30 Radio Nacional he led the music program from 1977 to 1997.
Benavidez has translated numerous writers such as Oswald de Andrade , Carlos Drummond de Andrade , Gregorio de Mattos , Affonso Romano de Sant'Anna and João Guimarães Rosa . He also worked extensively as a critic. As a book author - he made his debut in 1955 with the poetry work Tata Vizcacha - he has published numerous volumes of poetry, the novel Biografía de Caín , with Moscas de provincia a collection of stories and also other literary works as part of anthologies . He has received numerous awards for this and has received several awards from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture and the Intendencia Municipal of Montevideo (IMM). He was also awarded the Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo twice. Benavidez included the poets and musicians from the department Tacuarembó existing Grupo de Tacuarembó on.
His texts were also used in the recordings of numerous artists such as Abel García , Eduardo Darnauchans , Washington Carrasco and Cristina Fernández , Jorge Galemire , Numa Moraes , Los Zucará , Los Olimareños , Laura Canoura , Pablo Estramín , Omar Romano , Daniel Viglietti , Alfredo Zitarrosa , Eduardo Larbanois and Mario Carrero , Tacuruses and Grupo Vocal Universo .
Benavidez was the uncle of the singer Carlos Benavídes .
Works
- 1955: Tata Vizcacha
- 1959: El poeta
- 1963: Poesía
- 1965: Las milongas
- 1966: Antología de la poesía uruguaya contemporáneo , anthology
- 1967: 36 años de poesía uruguaya , anthology
- 1967: Los sueños de la razón
- 1968: Poemas de la ciega
- 1970: Historias
- 1972: Giovanni poeti sudamericani , anthology
- 1975: Hokusai
- 1978: Fontefrida
- 1981: Murciélagos
- 1985: Finisterre
- 1986: photos
- 1990: Tía Cloniche
- 1990: Antología crítica de la poesía uruguaya - 1900/1985 , anthology
- 1991: Lección de exorcista
- 1993: El molino y el agua
- 1994: La luna negra y el profesor
- 1995: Moscas de provincia , short stories, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
- 1995: Antología Plural de la Poesía Uruguaya Contemporáneo as author of the anthology together with Sylvia Lago and Rafael Courtoisie
- 1995: Los restos del mamut
- 1996: Ruptures , anthology
- 1997: La mejor poesía , anthology
- 1998: Encuentri Poetas del Mundo , anthology
- 1998: Poésie Uruguayenne du XX. siècle , anthology
- 1998: Canciones de Doña Venus
- 1999: Historias (edition with addition of new texts)
- 2000: El mirlo y la misa
- 2000: Los pies clavados
- 2001: Poesía en la floresta , anthology
- 2001: Biografía de Caín , Roman, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
- 2003: Amorsecos , Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
- 2004: Un viejo trovador , Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
- 2005: Dracmas , Edición.SMU
- 2007: Cuentos uruguayos , Ed. Popular
- 2007: Amarili y otros poemas , Ediciones de la Banda Oriental
Awards
- 1959: MEC award for El poeta
- 1963: IMM Prize for Poesía
- 1965: MEC award for Las milongas
- 1967: MEC Prize for Los sueños de la razón
- 1968: IMM Prize for Poemas de la ciega
- 1988: IMM Prize, MEC Prize and Bartolomé Hidalgo Prize for photos
- 1990: Prize of the IMM and Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo for Lección de exorcista
- 1990: IMM Prize for El molino y el agua
- 1993 and 1994: IMM Prize and MEC Prize for La luna negra y el profesor
- 1999: MEC Prize for Canciones de Doña Venus
- 2000: MEC award for El mirlo y la misa
literature
- Miguel Ángel Campodónico : Nuevo Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya. Sepa quién es quién en Artes Visual es, Música, Cine y Video, Teatro, Letras y Periodismo. Linardi y Risso, Montevideo 2003, ISBN 9974-559-31-6 , pp. 43f.
Web links
- Biography (Spanish) at www.escritores.org, accessed May 5, 2012
- Washington Benavides ( Memento of February 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish) at www.portaluruguaycultural.gub.uy, accessed on May 6, 2015
- amediavoz.com (Spanish), accessed May 5, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Murió el poeta Washington Benavides , accessed September 25, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benavidez, Washington |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benavides, Washington |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan writer, lecturer, translator, literary critic and radio host |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tacuarembó , Uruguay |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 24, 2017 |