Ricardo Eufemio Molinari (March 23, 1898 – July 31, 1996) was an

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poet. Molinari was born in

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and was orphaned when he was five. Molinari's first work was ''El Imaginero'' (1927). He contributed to the avant-garde review '' Martín Fierro'' along with other Argentine writers as

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, whom he befriended. In 1933 he traveled to Spain where he met with the members of the

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. After he married, he worked in the

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until his retirement. In 1958 he was awarded the Argentine National Prize for Poetry for his work ''Unida Noche'' and in 1968 became a member of the country's

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. One of his most famous books is also one of his last: ''La escudilla'' (1973). The poetry collection ''Las sombras del pájaro tostado'' (1975) collects almost all of his works.

Major works

* ''Una rosa para Stefan George'' 1934 * ''El tabernáculo'', 1937 * ''La corona'', 1939 * ''El alejado'', 1943 * ''Mundos de la madrugada'', 1943 * ''Esta rosa oscura del aire'', 1949 * ''Días donde la tarde es un pájaro'', 1954 * ''Cinco canciones a una paloma que es el alma'', 1955 * ''Oda a la pampa'', 1956 * ''La hoguera transparente'', 1970 * ''La escudilla'', 1973

External links

Ricardo Molinari recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division’s audio literary archive on Nov. 28 and 29, 1958
{{DEFAULTSORT:Molinari, Ricardo 1898 births 1996 deaths Argentine people of Italian descent 20th-century Argentine poets 20th-century Argentine male writers Argentine male poets Poets from Buenos Aires