Antonio Ortiz Mayans
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Antonio Ortiz Mayans was born in Asunción
, capital of the republic of Paraguay
, on June 20 , 1908 and according to his own words, his first work was the poem, “Los Amigos”, published by the magazine of the Students Center of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, where he studied and which had a publishing house called “Minerva”, symbol of the Greek Culture.
. At the same time, he stood out as one of the creators of Paraguayan folk music, which he enriched with many songs such as Barrerita, Pasionaria and others.
At the age of 20 he published his first poem book, “Cuentos Nuevos”, which introduced him to the literature field, A field to which he dedicated all the years of his life, writing many works that were happily received, such as “Zorazábal su vida y su Obra” or the first “ Gran diccionario Castellano – Guaraní”, which was greatly used in didactic, and which has overcome its tenths edition
His love for writing didn't stop and he made a profession out of it, once installed in the Argentinian capital city, where he lived most of his life, he got jobs which demonstrated his good preparation in this field, since he was the corrector of two of the most important written press outlets in Argentina
, the newspapers La NACION and La RAZON.
Antonio Ortiz Mayans, died in Buenos Aires
, on May 7, 1995 and due to his poetic works has been granted mentions in many countries such as: Uruguay
, United States
, Bolivia
and Argentina
, as a fair award for somebody who did a lot for the Paraguayan culture.
of this author to the capital city of Plata was known in the 30's , men of different cultures used to go to Buenos Aires
.
In search of a better life and better working conditions. The intellectual colonies as well as the artists were many, among them were: Herib Campos Cervera
, Eladio Martínez
, Félix Pérez Cardozo
, Agustin Barboza
, Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo
.
This last great actor in the Argentinian capital , in activities related to art was one of the founders of Sociedades Argentinas de Autores y Compositores
( SADAIC)
Antonio Ortiz Mayans was not the exception and the previous facts surrounding the confrontation between Bolivia
and Paraguay
, such as the students’ manifestation in front of the government house, on October 23, 1931, which was cruelly repressed by the presidential guard, was one of the reasons of his going away from his country almost for ever.
After the facts on October 23, 1931, with the students of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, in front of the government house, who demanded the president of the republic, Jose Patricio Guggiari
, concrete actions to defend the chaco territory, always wanted by the Bolivia
ns, which later derived in the massacre of many young students who were killed with machineguns in front of the government house, Antonio Ortiz Mayans had to go on exile to Argentina, where he lived for the rest of his life, developing in the neighboring country a very intense literary work, didactic and journalistic.
He never forgot his Paraguayan roots, being his life, his nation and his culture the main inspiration of his many work, Esther poetic , theatrical or prose, enriching our cultural patrimony
He was exiled in Buenos Aires
and he went on writing his best Works and his compositions were given music by important Paraguayan musicians.
He also reached jobs in two of the main journalistic media of the capital del Plata, since he was a corrector of the proofs in the newspapers LA RAZON for 18 years, and La NACION for 7 years.
Ortiz Mayans said that his love for the writings did not make him a good reader, since he read a little, but nevertheless, his Works reflect a great warm and a literary quality, both in his Works as a book writer as well as in his theatre work or research Works, and also in his lyrics which were later transformed into songs, with a resonant touching the soul of all his countrymen, transcending other places as well.
He came back in strange occasions to Paraguay
, his country, which he always remembered but due to his political reasons, he had to abandon . He came back as visitor in 1982, when he was a central figure in the homage of the organizers of the Festival del Lago Ypacarai
, which was on his behalf that year and which had his name.
It was re edited in 1935, 1937, 1941, 1945, in 1954, with a grammar compendium, in 1959, 1961,1962, and the tenth edition in 1973, obtaining the best splendor , since it has now 12.240 guarani voices, 32.920 Spanish voices and better words added, according to the comments of Roque Vallejos
He was the author of several theatre plays such as : “Nuestra Vieja Casa”,in three acts, and “Amaos los Unos a los Otros” and many others.
Some of his other works are : “Cantos Nuevos”, with a prologue of Dr.Rafael Oddone, edited in 1930, “Zorazábal, su Vida, sus Obras”, the Spanish version of Julio Correa
`s work “Ñanemba`era`y”, “Tataindy nde pyharépe”, “Evocaciones de Asunción” and in 1977, “Voces Añoradas”.
, Emigdio Ayala Báez
, Remberto Giménez
, Herminio Giménez
y Florentín Giménez
, among others we can mention “Pasionaria”, “Barrerita”, “Bajo el Cielo del Paraguay”, “Asuncena”, “Quyquyhó”, with music of Francisco Alvarenga.
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
, capital of the republic of Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, on June 20 , 1908 and according to his own words, his first work was the poem, “Los Amigos”, published by the magazine of the Students Center of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, where he studied and which had a publishing house called “Minerva”, symbol of the Greek Culture.
Life
He was an author and a composer who had an excellent academic formation, because he studied Law at the University and got a degree in Journalism as well, which helped him to be the corrector of proofs at La Razon newspaper for more than 18 years, and 7 at the La Nacion, from Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
. At the same time, he stood out as one of the creators of Paraguayan folk music, which he enriched with many songs such as Barrerita, Pasionaria and others.
At the age of 20 he published his first poem book, “Cuentos Nuevos”, which introduced him to the literature field, A field to which he dedicated all the years of his life, writing many works that were happily received, such as “Zorazábal su vida y su Obra” or the first “ Gran diccionario Castellano – Guaraní”, which was greatly used in didactic, and which has overcome its tenths edition
His love for writing didn't stop and he made a profession out of it, once installed in the Argentinian capital city, where he lived most of his life, he got jobs which demonstrated his good preparation in this field, since he was the corrector of two of the most important written press outlets in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, the newspapers La NACION and La RAZON.
Antonio Ortiz Mayans, died in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, on May 7, 1995 and due to his poetic works has been granted mentions in many countries such as: Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
and Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, as a fair award for somebody who did a lot for the Paraguayan culture.
New Life
For many reasons, the exileExile
Exile means to be away from one's home , while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened with imprisonment or death upon return...
of this author to the capital city of Plata was known in the 30's , men of different cultures used to go to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
.
In search of a better life and better working conditions. The intellectual colonies as well as the artists were many, among them were: Herib Campos Cervera
Hérib Campos Cervera
Paraguayan poet Hérib Campos Cervera was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on March 30, 1905, son of Spanish parents, Herib Campos Cervera, also a poet, and of Alicia Diaz Perez, sister of the great intellectual Viriato Díaz Pérez.-Childhood and youth:...
, Eladio Martínez
Eladio Martínez
Eladio Martínez was born in Paraguarí, Paraguay, on May 19, 1912, son of Lorenzo Martínez and Nicolasa Benítez. He belonged to a family of musicians...
, Félix Pérez Cardozo
Félix Pérez Cardozo
He was born on the November 20, 1908 to Teodoro Pérez and Cándida Rosa Cardozo in the small town of Hyaty in the state of Guairá in Paraguay. This town currently carries his name. Pérez Cardozo died on April 8, 1973 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Beginnings :...
, Agustin Barboza
Agustín Barboza
Agustín Pío Barboza was a Paraguayan singer and composer.-Childhood and youth:Barboza was born in Asunción, Paraguay. In his adolescence , he went to Buenos Aires to work as a seaman aboard the Mixu, a ship flying the Argentine flag. Alternating his work of seaman with musical activities, he met...
, Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo
Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo
Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo was the main reference of the so called “golden generation” of the Paraguayan popular music and a strict studious of the Paraguayan folk music.-Biography:...
.
This last great actor in the Argentinian capital , in activities related to art was one of the founders of Sociedades Argentinas de Autores y Compositores
Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música
Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música is the entity that gathers all musicians and authors of Argentina, and the Argentine performance rights organisation that keeps registry of musical works, and collects and distributes royalties on behalf of the artists.Founded on June 9,...
( SADAIC)
Antonio Ortiz Mayans was not the exception and the previous facts surrounding the confrontation between Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
and Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, such as the students’ manifestation in front of the government house, on October 23, 1931, which was cruelly repressed by the presidential guard, was one of the reasons of his going away from his country almost for ever.
After the facts on October 23, 1931, with the students of the Colegio Nacional de la Capital, in front of the government house, who demanded the president of the republic, Jose Patricio Guggiari
José Patricio Guggiari
José Patricio Guggiari Corniglione was a Paraguayan politician.He was a doctor in law and social sciences, and a general attorney . He went on to found the liberal Constitutional Party, and was elected as congressman in . He was designated Minister of Internal Affairs in 1920, and in 1922...
, concrete actions to defend the chaco territory, always wanted by the Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
ns, which later derived in the massacre of many young students who were killed with machineguns in front of the government house, Antonio Ortiz Mayans had to go on exile to Argentina, where he lived for the rest of his life, developing in the neighboring country a very intense literary work, didactic and journalistic.
He never forgot his Paraguayan roots, being his life, his nation and his culture the main inspiration of his many work, Esther poetic , theatrical or prose, enriching our cultural patrimony
He was exiled in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
and he went on writing his best Works and his compositions were given music by important Paraguayan musicians.
He also reached jobs in two of the main journalistic media of the capital del Plata, since he was a corrector of the proofs in the newspapers LA RAZON for 18 years, and La NACION for 7 years.
Ortiz Mayans said that his love for the writings did not make him a good reader, since he read a little, but nevertheless, his Works reflect a great warm and a literary quality, both in his Works as a book writer as well as in his theatre work or research Works, and also in his lyrics which were later transformed into songs, with a resonant touching the soul of all his countrymen, transcending other places as well.
He came back in strange occasions to Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, his country, which he always remembered but due to his political reasons, he had to abandon . He came back as visitor in 1982, when he was a central figure in the homage of the organizers of the Festival del Lago Ypacarai
Ypacaraí Festival
The Ypacaraí Festival has been held in the city of Ypacaraí, Paraguay, since 1971, between August and September. It is a folklore festival organized with great emphasis on all kinds of cultural manifestations....
, which was on his behalf that year and which had his name.
His Works
He entered different literary genders, his main work being the first GRAN DICCIONARIO CASTELLANO-GUARANI, reaching the public in 1933, without much ambitions , because it only had 66 pages and 5000 words, but with a sustain growth in the following editionsIt was re edited in 1935, 1937, 1941, 1945, in 1954, with a grammar compendium, in 1959, 1961,1962, and the tenth edition in 1973, obtaining the best splendor , since it has now 12.240 guarani voices, 32.920 Spanish voices and better words added, according to the comments of Roque Vallejos
Roque Vallejos
Roque Vallejos was a poet, psychiatrist and essayist from Paraguay.-Background:He was a forensic surgeon in the High Court of Justice.He served as a member and the president of the Academia de la Lengua Paraguaya....
He was the author of several theatre plays such as : “Nuestra Vieja Casa”,in three acts, and “Amaos los Unos a los Otros” and many others.
Some of his other works are : “Cantos Nuevos”, with a prologue of Dr.Rafael Oddone, edited in 1930, “Zorazábal, su Vida, sus Obras”, the Spanish version of Julio Correa
Julio Correa
Julio Correa was a Paraguayan poet in Guarani language.He was born in Asunción, August 30, 1890. His maternal grandfather was of Polish origins, and was named Myzkowsky. His father was Portuguese...
`s work “Ñanemba`era`y”, “Tataindy nde pyharépe”, “Evocaciones de Asunción” and in 1977, “Voces Añoradas”.
Poems transformed in songs
“No Despunta aun el alba cuando inicias tú la marcha y al mercado te diriges a llevar mba`erepy, no haces caso de la lluvia ni te importa si la escarcha, solo pueden depararte el dolor de un mba`asy”, said the first words of his song “Burrerita”, one of his mainly spread Works , whose music was componed by Félix Pérez Cardozo, Demetrio Ortiz, Luis Alberto del ParanáLuis Alberto del Paraná
Luis Alberto del Paraná was a Paraguayan singer and guitarist. During the fifties, sixties and early seventies, he traveled extensively around the globe with his group Los Paraguayos, popularizing Paraguayan music. He is the best-selling Paraguayan musician ever.-Family and early life:He was born...
, Emigdio Ayala Báez
Emigdio Ayala Báez
Emigdio Ayala Báez was born in Escobar, a town of the Paraguarí Department, Paraguay, on August 5, 1917.-Beginnings:He started his artistic career with the master Herminio Giménez, with who, around 1940, started his first artistic tour of presentation in Brazil.In 1941 the famous group of Félix...
, Remberto Giménez
Remberto Giménez
Remberto Giménez was a Paraguayan musician. He was born in Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay the February 4 of 1898 as a son of Ciriaco Giménez and Ana Bella Benítez.-Beginnings:...
, Herminio Giménez
Herminio Giménez
-Life:At the early age of 11 he was already part of the Paraguarí music band and two years later he was hired to be part of the Asunción marching band. While at the marching band he made his first successful song, a polca named Jasy Morotí, in 1918. He was the first person to record Paraguayan...
y Florentín Giménez
Florentín Giménez
Florentín Giménez is a prolific composer with more than 400 compositions; many of them were extraordinary hits....
, among others we can mention “Pasionaria”, “Barrerita”, “Bajo el Cielo del Paraguay”, “Asuncena”, “Quyquyhó”, with music of Francisco Alvarenga.