Mario Benedetti
Mario Benedetti Espanol
Benedetti in 1981 Born ( 1920-09-14)14 September 1920 Died 17 May 2009 (2009-05-17) (aged 88) Occupation Writer Nationality Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia ( Spanish pronunciation: ( ); 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), known as Mario Benedetti, was a, and as well as being an integral member of the. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the world, but in the Spanish-speaking world he was considered one of 's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century. My life has been like a fraud My art has consisted In this not being noticed too much I've been as a levitator in my old age The brown sheen of the tiles Never came off my skin —(Fragment) Work For his poetry and novels Benedetti won numerous international awards. La Tregua, first published in 1960, has since been translated into over 20 languages (into English by Harry Morales) and inspired the 1974 film. Each year below links to either the corresponding 'year in literature' or 'year in poetry' article.
Mario Benedetti (in full: Mario Orlando Hamlet Hardy Brenno Benedetti Farugia) was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. He is considered one of Latin America's most important 20th-century writers. He was a member of the 'Generation of 45', a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement and also wrote in the famous weekly Uruguayan newspaper Marcha from 1945 until it was forcibly closed by the military government in 1973, and was its literary director from 1954. From 1973 to 1985 Benedetti lived in exile, and returned to Uruguay in March 1983 following the restoration of democracy.