Amanda Berenguer (1921 – July 13, 2010)
was a
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
an poet. She is remembered as a member of the
Generation of 45
A generation is all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It also is "the average period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and grow up, become adults, and b ...
, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement.
Biography
She was born in
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
. ''Quehaceres e Invenciones'' (1963) brought Berenguer sudden fame and praise, emboldening her search for new poetic structures to express her unique vision of art and the world. In 1986 she received the "Reencuentro de Poesía" prize from the
University of the Republic, Uruguay
The University of the Republic (, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is a public research university in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is the country's oldest and largest university, as well as one of the largest public universities in South America in terms of en ...
for her work ''Los signos sobre la mesa. Ante mis hermanos supliciados''. ''La dama de Elche'' (1987) received first prize in the poetry category from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture. The second edition of ''La dama de Elche'', published in 1990, won the Bartolomé Hidalgo Prize, issued by the Uruguayan Book Chamber. She married writer
José Pedro Díaz
José Pedro Díaz (January 12, 1921 - July 3, 2006) was a Uruguayan essayist, educator and writer.
He is remembered as a member of the ''Generation of 45'', a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Áng ...
in 1944.
In 2006, she became an honorary member of the
Uruguayan National Academy of Letters.
She died in 2010. Her remains are buried at
Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo.
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Works
Poetry
*''A través de los tiempos que llevan a la gran calma'' (1940)
*''Canto hermético'' (1941)
*''Elegía por la muerte de Paul Valéry'' (1945)
*''El río'' (1952)
*''La invitación'' (1957)
*''Contracanto'' (1961)
*''Quehaceres e invenciones'' (1963)
*''Declaración conjunta'' (1964)
*''Materia prima'' (1966)
*''Dicciones'' (1973)
*''Composición de lugar'' (1976)
*''Poesía ''(1949–1979) (1980)
*''Identidad de ciertas frutas'' (1983)
*''La dama de Elche'' (1987)
*''Los Signos sobre la mesa'' (1987)
*''La botella verde (Analysis situs)'' (1995)
*''El pescador de caña'' (1995)
*''La estranguladora'' (1998)
*''Poner la mesa del 3er'' (2002)
*''Constelación del navío'' (2002)
*''Las mil y una preguntas y propicios contextos'' (2005)
*''Casas donde viven criaturas del lenguaje y el diccionario'' (2005)
Prose
*''El monstruo incesante. Expedición de caza'' (1990, autobiography)
References
External links
Amanda Berenguer recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on Aug. 1977
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1921 births
2010 deaths
Writers from Montevideo
20th-century Uruguayan poets
Uruguayan people of Catalan descent
Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo
Members of the Uruguayan Academy of Language
Uruguayan women poets
20th-century Uruguayan women writers
21st-century Uruguayan poets
21st-century Uruguayan women writers
Women autobiographers
Autobiographers