Idea Vilariño Romani ( Montevideo, 18 August 1920 – 28 April 2009) was a Uruguayan

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and literary critic. She belonged to the group of intellectuals known as ''"

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."'' In this generation, there are several writers such as

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, Sarandy Cabrera, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Ángel Rama, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Maggi, Alfredo Gravina, Mario Arregui, Amanda Berenguer, Humberto Megget, Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Gladys Castelvecchi and

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among others. She also worked as a

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, composer and lecturer.

Biography

She was born to an educated, middle-class family where music and literature were always present. Her father, Leandro Vilariño (1892-1944), was a poet whose works were not published in his lifetime. Just like her siblings,

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, Poema, Azul, and Alma, she studied music. Her mother was very well educated in

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. She was a professor of

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and secondary education from 1952 until The Coup of 1973. After the restoration of the democratic system, she returned to education, working as a professor in the department of Uruguayan and Latin-American literature in the College of Education of Humanities and Sciences of The University of the Republic. She started writing at a very young age, and her first mature poems were written between 17 and 21 years old. Her first poetic work, La suplicante, was published in 1945. In the subsequent years, she would become recognized internationally and awarded with various awards. Her poems were marked by an intimate experience, intense and distressing, but always very coherent. Idea was included in the group of writers known as the

who became prominent between 1945 and 1950. Among the

the following authors can be found:

, with whom she had a love affair,

, and others. Generacion del 45

She participated in numerous literary ventures. She was one of the founders of the journals , and , between 1945-1955 (where she met

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); and she collaborated on other publications, such as Marcha, ''La Opinión,'' '' Brecha'', '' Asir,'' and ''Texto crítico.'' Idea Vilariño en su escritorio

Her translations also have been the object of recognition, with some of them, such as the more recognized works of

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, being performed in the theaters of Montevideo. In 1997, she was interviewed by Rosario Peyrou and , from which the documentary ''Idea'' arose. The documentary was directed by Mario Jacob and premiered in May 1998. Her work has been translated to various languages, including

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, and

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. As a composer, four emblematic songs can be mentioned that are pertinent to popular

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: ''A una paloma'' (performed by

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), ''La canción y el poema'' (performed by Alfredo Zitarrosa), ''Los orientales,'' and ''Ya me voy pa' la guerrilla'' (performed by

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). In 2004, she received the '' Premio Konex (Konex prize) MERCOSUR a las Letras'', granted by the Konex Foundation (Argentina), as the most influential writer of the region. Later, she had to undergo surgery that left her with an

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and

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. She did not recover, and died in Montevideo on 28 April 2009.

Works

Poetry

* ''La suplicante'' (1945). * ''Cielo Cielo'' (1947). * ''Paraíso perdido'' ( Número. 1949). * ''Por aire sucio'' ( Número. 1950). * '' Nocturnos'' (1955). * ''Poemas de amor'' (1957). * ''Pobre Mundo'' (1966). * ''Poesía'' (1970). * ''No'' (1980). * ''Canciones'' (1993). * ''Poesía 1945 - 1990'' (1994). * ''Poesía completa'' (Montevideo. Cal y Canto. 2000).

Essays

* ''Grupos simétricos en la poesía de Antonio Machado'' (1951). * ''La rima en Herrera y Reissig'' (1955). * ''Grupos simétricos en poesía'' (1958). * ''Las letras de tango'' (1965). * ''El tango cantado'' (1981).

Translations

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: ''El rapto de Ícaro'', Buenos Aires, Losada, 1973⁷ * Jacques C. Alexis: ''Romancero de las estrellas'', Montevideo, Arca, 1973⁸ *

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: ''Hamlet, príncipe de Dinamarca'', Montevideo, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 1974.⁹ * Andrew Cecil Bradley: ''Macbeth, la atmósfera, las brujas'', Montevideo, Editorial Técnica, 1976.⁹ *

: ''Macbeth'', Montevideo, Editorial Técnica, 1977.⁹ * Guillermo Enrique Hudson: ''La tierra purpúrea'', Caracas, Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1980 (traducida junto con Jaime Rest).¹⁰ * Guillermo Enrique Hudson: ''Allá lejos y hace tiempo'', Caracas, Biblioteca Ayacucho, 1980 (traducida junto con Jaime Rest).¹⁰ * Christine Laurent: ''Transatlántico'' (Adaptación de André Tachiné y Philippe Arnaud. Traducción del francés de Idea Vilariño). Montevideo, Trilce, 1996.⁹

References

Bibliography

* ''Idea: La vida escrita'' (libro álbum. Contiene entrevistas, fragmentos de su diario íntimo y cartas. Montevideo, Cal y Canto y Academia Nacional de Letras, 2007, .

External links

*
Biography of Idea Vilariño

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