Hanni Ossott (14 February 1946 – 31 December 2002) was a Venezuelan poet, translator and critic.

Life

She was born in

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and she received her bachelor's degree in the Universidad Central de Venezuela, where she was also a professor. She was awarded the

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Prize and the Lazo Martí Prize and she worked as a translator and a critic. She translated some of the works of

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and

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into Spanish. Her poetry explored themes of existence, sickness, identity, the soul, and the abstract. She was respected as one of the great Venezuelan poets of her time, but remains virtually unknown outside of Venezuela.

Main works

*Hasta que llegue el día y huyan las sombras (1983) *El reino donde la noche se abre(1986) *Plegarias y penumbras (1986) *Cielo, tu arco grande (1989) *Casa de agua y de sombras (1992) *El circo roto (1993). *Como leer la poesía (2005).

References

External links

Hanni Ossott recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on 7 June 1990

English translation of ''El reino dónde la noche se abre'' (The Realm Where Night Opens)
Writers from Caracas Venezuelan women poets Venezuelan translators 1946 births 2002 deaths Central University of Venezuela alumni Academic staff of the Central University of Venezuela 20th-century Venezuelan poets 20th-century translators 20th-century Venezuelan women writers English–Spanish translators German–Spanish translators Venezuelan women educators {{Venezuela-translator-stub