Roque Esteban Scarpa Straboni (26 March 1914 – 11 January 1995) was a

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an writer, literary critic and scholar. He won the

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in 1980. He was of Croatian and

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descent. Scarpa served as professor of literature at the

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and was a prominent member of the Chilean Academy of Language. In 1943 he founded the Teatro de Ensayo of the Catholic University of Chile. He was director of the National Library of Chile (1967–1971 and 1973–1977). He also served as a literary critic in the newspapers ''

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'' and '' La Aurora''.

Works

*''Dos poetas españoles: Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti'' (1935) *''Mortal mantenimiento'' (1942) * ''Cancionero de Hammud'' (1942) * ''Luz de ayer (poesía 1940-45)'' (1951) *''Thomas Mann. Una personalidad en una obra'' (1961) *''Una mujer nada de tonta'' (1976) *''El árbol deshojado de sonrisas'' (1977) *''No tengo tiempo: (poesía 1976)'' (1977) *'' La desterrada en su patria: Gabriela Mistral en Magallanes: 1918-1920'' (1977) *''El laberinto sin muros'' (1981)

References

1914 births 1995 deaths Chilean male writers Chilean people of Croatian descent Chilean people of Italian descent People from Punta Arenas National Prize for Literature (Chile) winners {{chile-writer-stub