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Mario Benedetti

by Jesús Enrique Vega Castañeda

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"Writing a Poem is Discovering."
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Mario Benedetti
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Biography
Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia, best known as Mario Benedetti, was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. 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.
Facts
•He received a total of 18 accolades and 29 posthumous and living tributes, including the great national award for intellectual activity and the Gabriela Mistral Medal.


•He published more than 80 books translated into more than 25 languages.
Poem
My life has been like a fraud
My art has consisted
In this not being noticed too much
I've been as a levitator in my old age
The brown sheen of the tiles
Never came off my skin.

This was his last poem, dedicated to his secretary
Achievements
For his poetry and novels Benedetti won numerous international awards. La Tregua, first published in 1960, has since been translated into over 20 languages (into English by Harry Morales) and inspired the 1974 film The Truce. 
Grupo 4C
Ciclo Escolar 2020 - 2021
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