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Mario Benedetti
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Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)
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Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) was a Uruguayan writer, journalist, poet, and playwright. Born in Paso de los Toros, he was a member of the Generación del 45 movement and the Broad Front political party. His literary career spanned from 1943 until his death in 2009. He wrote in Spanish and is associated with the essay genre.
Benedetti’s notable works include *The Truce* (*La Tregua*), *Cuentos completos*, *El cumpleaños de Juan Angel*, *ha-Hafugah*, and *Testigo de uno mismo*. He received the Order of Francisco de Miranda. He died in Montevideo of asthma and was buried in the Central Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 14 September 1920
- Died
- 17 May 2009
- Works
- 346
Top works
- Cuentos completos
- La Tregua
- El cumpleaños de Juan Angel
- ha-Hafugah
- Testigo de uno mismo
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mario Benedetti, was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet as well as being an integral member of the Generación del 45. In spite of publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the English-speaking world, but in the Spanish-speaking world he was considered one of Latin America's most important writers…
Known for
- Words of Truth — Self2004
- The Dark Side of the Heart — Sailor that recites in German1992
- Onetti, Portrait of a Writer — Self1990
- País verde y herido1979
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- Uruguay
- Active from
- 1920-09-14
- Active to
- 2009-05-17
Discography
- A dos voces1985
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 21,054
- Total plays
- 199,265
Tags
Uruguayan poet and writer, born in 1920. One of the most intense voices of Latin american contemporary literature. Love, politics, everything that shakes the heart... his poetry is made of this. His poems have been recited by various musicians and artists, amongst them J.M. Serrat. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mario+Benedetti">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,998x
- Safety, Activity, and Immune Correlates of Anti–PD-1 Antibody in Cancer
· 2012 · cited 10,836x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,661x
- Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems
· 2019 · cited 9,180x
- The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary
· 2000 · cited 8,924x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1920-09-14 ) 14 September 1920, Paso de los Toros
- Died
- 17 May 2009 (2009-05-17) (aged 88), Montevideo
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Uruguayan
- Education
- Deutsche Schule Montevideo
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Benedetti
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Paso de los Toros
- Place of death
- Montevideo
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Political party
- Broad Front
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Spanish
- Notable work
- The Truce
- Genre
- essay
- Movement
- Generación del 45
- Image
- Mario Benedetti.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mario Benedetti
- date of birth
- 1920-09-14
- date of death
- 2009-05-17
- start of work period
- 1943-00-00
- end of work period
- 2009-00-00
- birth name
- Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia
- place of burial
- Central Cemetery
- cause of death
- asthma
- pseudonym
- Mario Benedetti
- writing language
- Spanish
- name in native language
- Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
- manner of death
- natural causes
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Mario Benedetti, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Plaque at the Suns of the Paseo de los Soles, Montevideo, Uruguay
Mario Benedetti Farrugia ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo βeneˈðeti] ; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century.
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