Gonzalo Rojas
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| - | :"Some of the other writers and literary thinkers referred to in just the first 25 pages include Spanish poet [[Justo Navarro]], Argentine novelist [[Ricardo Piglia]], Mexican writer [[Sergio Pitol]], French surrealist [[Jacques Vaché]], Italian humorist [[Achille Campanile]], Marxist literary critic [[Walter Benjamin]], New York literary critic [[Harold Bloom]], Chilean poet [[Gonzalo Rojas]], French poet [[Arthur Rimbaud]], Czech writer [[Franz Kafka]], American poet [[Ezra Pound]] and, most tellingly, [[Jorge Luis Borges]], the giant of 20th-century Latin American literature, famous for his self-reflexive, labyrinthine fiction." --[[This Space]][http://this-space.blogspot.com/2007/01/reviewers-block.html] | + | |
| + | '''Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro''' (born [[December 20]], [[1917]]) is a [[Chile]]an poet. His work is part of the continuing [[Latin American]] avant-garde literary tradition of the [[twentieth century]]. | ||
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| + | == Biography == | ||
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| + | He was the seventh son of a [[coal miner]]. Later on, during his youth he was the editor of the magazine ''Antarctica'' in [[Santiago de Chile]] and University lecturer in [[Valparaiso]]. | ||
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| + | Between 1938-1941 he played a part in the surrealist group Mandrágora founded by Braulio Arenas, Teófilo Cid and Enrique Gómez Correa. Seven years later in 1948 his first book of poems was published in Santiago. | ||
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| + | After the [[1973 Chilean coup d'état]] he was forced to go into exile, an “undocumented person”. He was stripped of his diplomatic position and was also banned from teaching at any Chilean university. The [[University of Rostock]] in [[East Germany]] provided him with a placement. | ||
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| + | Gonzalo Rojas went back to Chile in 1979, in light of to a Guggeheim scholarship, but although this he was still unable to teach at a university in Chile. He went to [[Chillán]], 400 kilometers to the south of the capital, to live permanently. | ||
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| + | He has taught at universities in [[Germany]], the [[United States]], [[Spain]] and [[Mexico]]. | ||
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| + | He has been awarded the 5th of June 1992 [[Chilean National Prize for Literature]], the Premio Reina Sofia by the [[Juan Carlos I|King of Spain]] and the 2003 [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize|Cervantes Prize]]. He and [[Nicanor Parra]] are considered the greatest living poets in Chile. | ||
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| + | == Selected works == | ||
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| + | * La miseria del hombre (1948) | ||
| + | * Contra la muerte (1964) | ||
| + | * Oscuro (1977) | ||
| + | * Transtierro (1979) | ||
| + | * Del relámpago (1981) | ||
| + | * 50 poemas (1982) | ||
| + | * El alumbrado (1986) | ||
| + | * Antología personal (1988) | ||
| + | * Materia de testamento (1988) | ||
| + | * Antología de aire (1991) | ||
| + | * Desocupado lector (1990) | ||
| + | * Las hermosas (1991), Zumbido (1991) | ||
| + | * Río turbio (1996) | ||
| + | * América es la casa y otros poemas (1998) | ||
| + | * Obra selecta (1999) | ||
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Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro (born December 20, 1917) is a Chilean poet. His work is part of the continuing Latin American avant-garde literary tradition of the twentieth century.
Biography
He was the seventh son of a coal miner. Later on, during his youth he was the editor of the magazine Antarctica in Santiago de Chile and University lecturer in Valparaiso.
Between 1938-1941 he played a part in the surrealist group Mandrágora founded by Braulio Arenas, Teófilo Cid and Enrique Gómez Correa. Seven years later in 1948 his first book of poems was published in Santiago.
After the 1973 Chilean coup d'état he was forced to go into exile, an “undocumented person”. He was stripped of his diplomatic position and was also banned from teaching at any Chilean university. The University of Rostock in East Germany provided him with a placement.
Gonzalo Rojas went back to Chile in 1979, in light of to a Guggeheim scholarship, but although this he was still unable to teach at a university in Chile. He went to Chillán, 400 kilometers to the south of the capital, to live permanently.
He has taught at universities in Germany, the United States, Spain and Mexico.
He has been awarded the 5th of June 1992 Chilean National Prize for Literature, the Premio Reina Sofia by the King of Spain and the 2003 Cervantes Prize. He and Nicanor Parra are considered the greatest living poets in Chile.
Selected works
- La miseria del hombre (1948)
- Contra la muerte (1964)
- Oscuro (1977)
- Transtierro (1979)
- Del relámpago (1981)
- 50 poemas (1982)
- El alumbrado (1986)
- Antología personal (1988)
- Materia de testamento (1988)
- Antología de aire (1991)
- Desocupado lector (1990)
- Las hermosas (1991), Zumbido (1991)
- Río turbio (1996)
- América es la casa y otros poemas (1998)
- Obra selecta (1999)
