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Generación Del 38
The Generation of '38 () was a Chilean artistic-literary movement that tried to portray the social decline of the time in its works. It became prominent in the cultural panorama of the 1930s. Historical context In 1937, after two mandates by Arturo Alessandri Palma, the Popular Front took over the Chilean government. The international situation was critical, marked by the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and by the imminent outbreak of World War II (1939–1945). This affected conditions for the majority of the population. Economic context Chile was undergoing a process of economic transition, as its main source of livelihood was the agricultural sector, but interest in industrialization was growing. This had dire consequences for the mining sector, as production of saltpeter ceased, and consequently many unemployed northern miners decided to travel to the capital in search of new job opportunities. Characteristics of the group Due to the great social turmoil resulting from the glo ...
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ...
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Carlos Droguett
Carlos Droguett (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1996) was a Chilean writer. In 1970 he won the Chilean National Prize for Literature {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2020 In Chile, the National Prize for Literature ''(Premio Nacional de Literatura)'' was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize ... and the Premio Alfaguara de Novela. References 1912 births 1996 deaths Chilean male writers National Prize for Literature (Chile) winners {{Chile-writer-stub ...
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Chilean Art
Chilean may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Chile, a country in South America * Chilean people * Chilean Spanish * Chilean culture * Chilean cuisine * Chilean Americans See also *List of Chileans This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. Economists * Ricardo J. Caballero – MIT professor, Department of Economics * Sebastian Edwards, Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993–1996), prolific aut ... * {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Gonzalo Rojas
Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro (December 20, 1916 – April 25, 2011) was a Chilean poet."Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet, is dead"
Obituary, ''The Telegraph'', 26 April 2011.
His work is part of the continuing literary tradition of the twentieth century. In 2003 he was awarded the .


Life and career

He was the seventh son of a coal mining e ...
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Miguel Serrano
Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández (10 September 1917 – 28 February 2009), was a Chilean diplomat, writer, neopagan occultism, occultist, defender of a doctrine that supposedly would be true Christianity, the "Kristianism" and fascism, fascist activist. A Nazism, Nazi sympathiser in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he later became a prominent figure in the Neo-Nazism, neo-Nazi movement as an exponent of Esoteric Nazism, Esoteric Hitlerism. Born to a wealthy Chilean family of European descent, Serrano was orphaned as a child and raised by his grandmother. After an education at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana, he developed an interest in writing and far-right politics, allying himself with the National Socialist Movement of Chile. During the Second World War, in which Chile remained neutral until 1943, Serrano campaigned in support of Nazi Germany and promoted antisemitic conspiracy theories through his own fortnightly publication, ''La Nueva Edad''. In 1942, ...
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Eduardo Anguita
Eduardo Anguita Cuéllar (Yerbas Buenas, Linares Province, Linares November 1914 - Santiago de Chile August 12, 1992) was a Chilean poet, who was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1988. Life Eduardo Anguita was raised in San Bernardo, Chile, San Bernardo, before integrating the College of the Augustine Fathers in Santiago de Chile, Santiago. At 16, he began law studies in the Catholic University of Chile, which he dropped three years later in order to dedicate himself to literature. From then on, he collaborated to many reviews and newspapers, such as ''Ercilla (newspaper), Ercilla'', ''Plan'', ''Atenea'', ''La Nación (Chile), La Nación'', ''El Mercurio'', etc. He also worked in advertising agencies and in various radios. His first poems were published in 1934 under the name ''Tránsito al fin'', and translated in English in 1942. A member of the Generation of 38, Eduardo Anguita started his literary career during a period marked by Surrealism and Creation ...
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Teófilo Cid
Teófilo Cid (September 27, 1914 – June 15, 1964) was a Chilean poet. He was a member of the Chilean Generación del 38 or Generation of 1938, but was a member of the small Surrealist group in the generation, known as La Mandrágora. Other poets of this elite group were Braulio Arenas and Enrique Gómez Correa. After living an unrestrained life, he died before reaching 50 years of age. He was awarded a number of prizes. He published a number of books including ''Bouldroud'' (1942), ''El tiempo de la sospecha'', lit. ''Time of the Suspect'' (1952) which was about critical views of the dictator Carlos Ibáñez del Campo General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (; 3 November 1877 – 28 April 1960) was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as president twice, first between 1927 and 1931, and then from 1952 to 1958, serving for 10 years in office. E ... who ran from 1927 until 1931, ''Camino del Ñielol'' (1954) which contains a long poem of a thousand verses. He a ...
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María Elvira Piwonka
María Elvira Piwonka Moreno (Santiago, 1913 - 2006) was a Chilean writer and poet.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (Spanish language) She is a laureate of the Santiago Municipal Poetry Prize and the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. Biography Along with Homero Arce, Stella Corvalán, Mila Oyarzún, among others, María Elvira Piwonka Moreno is included in a group of writers close to the Generation of '38.Alegría, Fernando (1970). ''La literatura chilena del siglo XX''. Editorial Zig-Zag. p. 287. (in Spanish) Alongside María Monvel, Chela Reyes, Sylvia Moore, Gladys Thein, Mila Oyarzún and Irma Astorga, Piwonka is included within the so-called “new poetry” of Chile from the late 1950s.Elliott, Jorge (2002). ''Antología de la nueva poesía chilena: 1957''. Lom Ediciones. p. 271. ISBN 978-95-6282-536-8. (in Spanish) One of the first literary works published by her was the poetry book ''Íntima' ...
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Stella Corvalán
Stella Corvalán Vega (25 November 1913 – 1994) was a Chilean writer and poet. She mainly explored the genre of poetry ascribing itself to an aesthetic stance close to surrealism. She is included together with Homero Arce, María Elvira Piwonka, Mila Oyarzún, and others in the group of writers known as the Generation of '38. Biography Stella Corvalán was born in Talca on 13 November 1913. One of her first publications was ''Sombra en el aire'' in 1940, which in the opinion of writer and literary critic Carlos René Correa, "stands out with signs of original class, of expressive force and of true depth." Her poetic work "is characterized by the ability to evoke the absent, and the ability to organize in her texts what is politically called 'the feminine', that is, the world of emotions, intuition, sensitivity tied to a knowledge of those emotions." Her work was published and recognized in various countries in Latin America and Europe, followed by renowned intellectuals such a ...
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Andrés Sabella
Andrés Sabella (1912–1989) was a Chilean writer, cartoonist, journalist and poet. Biography Andrés Sabella's was born to Palestinian-Italian Andrés Sabella Signora, and Carmela Gálvez Tello. His mother died when he was six years old. He completed his primary and secondary education at the St. Aloysius College, Antofagasta where his classmate was Radomiro Tomic. Sabella began writing at the age of 14. In 1929, he published Carcaj, Antofagasta Antofagasta () is a port city in northern Chile, about north of Santiago. It is the capital of Antofagasta Province and Antofagasta Region. According to the 2015 census, the city has a population of 402,669. Once claimed by Bolivia follo ...'s first poetic anthology. In the following year he published his first book titled, ''Rumbo indeciso''. Works *Rumbo indecisive (1930) *Dirt (1934) *Neighborhood pigeons (1941) *Far North (1944) *Chile, fertile province (1945) *Centennial JK Huysmans (1949) *Gala Martin (1952) *The hors ...
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Mila Oyarzún
Emilia Pincheira "Mila" Oyarzún (1912October9, 1982) was a Chilean writer, poet and human rights activist who wrote poetry and novels.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (in Spanish) She is included together with Homero Arce, María Elvira Piwonka, Stella Corvalán, and others in the group of writers known as the Generation of '38. Oyarzún was a recipient of the Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago. Oyarzún was born in Concepción, Chile, and died in Santiago. Career One of her first published literary works was the poetry collection ''Esquinas del viento'' through Editorial Nascimento (1941). It received the Premio Municipal de Poesía de Santiago (Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago).Merino Reyes, Luis (25 January 1990). Fortín Mapocho, ed"Recuerdo activo de Mila Oyarzún"(PDF). p. 11. (in Spanish) Along with that of María Monvel, Chela Reyes, Sylvia Moore, Gladys Thein, María Elvira Piwonka, and Irma Ast ...
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Maité Allamand
Maité Allamand (29 October 1911 – 3 January 1996) was a Chilean writer and diplomat. Born Jeanne Dominique Marie Therese Allamand Madaune to a French family based in Chile, she was an influential figure in the early development of children's literature in that country. She was the director of the PEN International, PEN Club and a member of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). She received several awards, including the 1962 Municipal Prize of Santiago in the short story category and the 1969 IBBY CRAV prize. Biography Maité Allamand spent her childhood in the countryside on the banks of the Maule River, after her father's job transferred him there. This rural environment influenced her later work. In 1920 she enrolled in the Sacred Heart College of Talca, where she learned to speak and read Spanish language, Spanish. After finishing her education, Allamand worked in the legation to Belgium, thanks to her mastery of French language, French. She remained in ...
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