Juan José Morosoli (January 19, 1899 – December 29, 1957) was a Uruguayan writer. His masterpiece is ''Perico'', a collection of short stories for children, which included "Arenero" and "La Querencia Olvidada" in 1947.
Biography
Juan José Morosoli was born on January 19, 1899, in
Minas,
Lavalleja
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,
Uruguay
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. His father was a Swiss immigrant who worked as a bricklayer. When he was a child he had to quit school on second grade due to economic problems his family were having. He was a self-made person.
At the age of 9, he started working at a bookstore for his uncle, first as a courier and later as a shop assistant.
In 1920, he opened a café with two partners in Montevideo, Uruguay.
In 1923, he wrote for many newspapers including ''La Unión'' from Minas, ''
Marcha
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'', ''Mundo Uruguayo'' and ''
El Día'' from
Montevideo
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.
He also wrote some theatre plays between 1923 and 1928.
In 1925 he wrote his first poems, now included in his book ''Balbuceos''.
In 1928 he edited a collective poetry work named ''Bajo la misma sombra'' together with Valeriano Magri, José María Cajaville and Casas Araújo, and his book ''Los Juegos''.
As a writer, he specialized on short stories. He focused on everyday people who lived near the towns and he discovered their uniqueness and character traits full of elementary greatness or "grandeza elemental".
In 1932, he published his first book on short stories named ''Hombres'', with a second edition in 1942.
Some years later, he wrote some narrative books such as ''Los albañiles de "Los Tapes"'', ''Hombres y mujeres'', ''Muchachos'', ''
Perico'', and ''Vivientes'', making him a famous short stories writer in
Uruguay
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.
He died on December 29, 1959, in
Minas,
Lavalleja
Lavalleja () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Minas. It is located in the southeast of the country, bordered to the north by the department of Treinta y Tres to the east with Rocha, to the south with Canelones and Maldonado, and to ...
,
Uruguay
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.
In 1959 "Tierra y tiempo" was published. In 1959, "Viaje hacia el mar" was published. Based on this story, the film ''
Viaje hacia el mar'' was directed by
Guillermo Casanova and starred
Hugo Arana
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Life
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,
Julio César Castro
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and
Diego Delgrossi.
In 1991, some prizes were created by Lolita Rubial Foundation to pay homage to this writer in
Minas,
Lavalleja
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,
Uruguay
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Literary work
* ''Balbuceos'' (poems. 1925)
* ''Bajo la misma Sombra'' (poems, with
Guillermo Cuadri,
Valeriano Magri,
José María Cajaraville and
Julio Casas Araújo. 1928)
* ''Los juegos'' (poems. 1928)
* ''Hombres'' (short stories. 1932)
* ''Los albañiles de Los Tapes'' (short stories. 1936)
* ''Hombres'' (second edition, modified. 1943)
* ''Hombres y mujeres'' (short stories. 1944)
* ''Perico'' (short stories. 1947)
* ''Muchachos'' (short stories. 1950)
* ''Vivientes'' (short stories. 1953)
* ''Tierra y tiempo'' (1959)
* ''El viaje hacia el mar'' (
Ediciones de la Banda Oriental. 1962)
References
* Antología del cuento uruguayo volumen III, ''Los criollistas del veinte''. Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1968.
*
Juan José Morosoli Wikipedia in Spanish
*
El viaje hacia el mar in Spanish
External links
Breve biografía de Juan José Morosoli*
ttp://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/morosoli/viaje_hacia_el_mar.htm El viaje hacia el mar-short story
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1899 births
1959 deaths
Uruguayan people of Swiss-Italian descent
Uruguayan male writers