Eduardo Anguita
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Eduardo Anguita Cuéllar was a Chilean poet, who was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature
in 1988.
, before integrating the College of the Augustine Fathers in Santiago. At 16, he began law studies in the Catholic University of Chile, which he dropped three years later in order to dedicate himself to literature. From then on, he collaborated to many reviews and newspapers, such as Ercilla, Plan
, Atenea, La Nación
, El Mercurio
, etc. He also worked in advertising agencies and in various radios.
His first poems were published in 1934 under the name Tránsito al fin, and translated in English in 1942. A member of the Generation of 38, Eduardo Anguita started his literary career during a period marked by Surrealism
and Creationism, a movement headed by Vicente Huidobro
, to whom he became a close friend.
Alongside Volodia Teitelboim
, Anguita published in 1935 the Antología de Poesía Chilena Nueva, which included poems by Vicente Huidobro, Rosamel del Valle, Pablo de Rokha
, Pablo Neruda
, Humberto Díaz Casanueva
, Omar Cáceres, Angel Cruchaga Santa María
, Juvencio Valle
and both Anguita himself and Teitelboim. Three years later, a short story by Anguita (Las Hormigas Devoran a un Hombre Llamado David) was included in Miguel Serrano
's Antología del verdadero cuento en Chile.
The US New Directions Publishers
selected him in 1944, along with his friend Pablo Neruda, to be part of its yearly anthology of Latin-American contemporary poetry.
During Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
's government (1955), he was named cultural attache in Mexico
, where he published Palabras al oído de México in 1960.
At the end of his life he worked at the Editorial Universitaria as a publisher.
1935: Antología de la Poesía Chilena Nueva (antología junto con Volodia Teitelboim).
1948: Últimos poemas (poesía).
1945: Antología de Vicente Huidobro (antología).
1950: Inseguridad del hombre (relatos).
1951: Anguita, cinco poemas (poesía).
1960: Palabras al oído de México (prosa y poesía).
1962: El poliedro y el mar (poesía).
1963: Rimbaud pecador (ensayo).
1967: Venus en el pudridero (poesía).
1970: Poesía Entera (antología).
1980: Se publica nuevamente, corregido, Venus en el pudridero.
1988: La belleza del pensar (crónicas).
1972: Premio de poesía de la Municipalidad de Santiago. Por Poesía entera.
1981: Premio María Luisa Bombal de la Municipalidad de Viña del Mar.
1988: Premio Nacional de Literatura.
Chilean National Prize for Literature
Chile's National Prize for Literature was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize and a life-time monthly stipend . It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No...
in 1988.
Life
Eduardo Anguita was raised in San BernardoSan Bernardo
San Bernardo may refer to:In Mexico:*San Bernardo, Baja California Sur*San Bernardo, Chihuahua*San Bernardo, Coahuila*San Bernardo, Durango*San Bernardo, Guanajuato *San Bernardo, Hidalgo *San Bernardo Tlamimilolpan, Mexico State...
, before integrating the College of the Augustine Fathers in Santiago. At 16, he began law studies in the Catholic University of Chile, which he dropped three years later in order to dedicate himself to literature. From then on, he collaborated to many reviews and newspapers, such as Ercilla, Plan
Plan
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with timing and resources, used to achieve an objective. See also strategy. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions, through which one expects to achieve a goal...
, Atenea, La Nación
La Nación (Chile)
La Nación is a Chilean newspaper created in 1917 by Eliodoro Yáñez and presided until 1927 by Carlos Dávila. It was a private company until 1927, when it was expropriated by president Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, and since then has remained a state property...
, El Mercurio
El Mercurio
El Mercurio is a conservative Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's paper-of-record and its Valparaíso edition is the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. El Mercurio is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P...
, etc. He also worked in advertising agencies and in various radios.
His first poems were published in 1934 under the name Tránsito al fin, and translated in English in 1942. A member of the Generation of 38, Eduardo Anguita started his literary career during a period marked by Surrealism
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
and Creationism, a movement headed by Vicente Huidobro
Vicente Huidobro
Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He was an exponent of the artistic movement called Creacionismo , which held that a poet should bring life to the things he or she writes about, rather than just describe them.Huidobro was born into a wealthy...
, to whom he became a close friend.
Alongside Volodia Teitelboim
Volodia Teitelboim
Volodia Valentín Teitelboim Volosky was a Chilean lawyer, politician and author.Born in Chillán to Jewish immigrants , Teitelboim was interested in literature from an early age...
, Anguita published in 1935 the Antología de Poesía Chilena Nueva, which included poems by Vicente Huidobro, Rosamel del Valle, Pablo de Rokha
Pablo de Rokha
Pablo de Rokha . His real name was Pablo Díaz Loyola, and was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965....
, Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
, Humberto Díaz Casanueva
Humberto Díaz Casanueva
Humberto Díaz Casanueva was a Chilean poet, diplomat, and educator. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1971....
, Omar Cáceres, Angel Cruchaga Santa María
Angel Cruchaga Santa María
Angel Cruchaga Santa María was a Chilean writer. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1948....
, Juvencio Valle
Juvencio Valle
Juvencio Valle, also known by the pseudonym Gilberto Concha Riffo , was a noted Chilean poet. He is a recipient of the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile, a National Prize awarded to poets of high achievement.- Biography :Valle was born in Villa Almagro, Nueva Imperial in 1900...
and both Anguita himself and Teitelboim. Three years later, a short story by Anguita (Las Hormigas Devoran a un Hombre Llamado David) was included in Miguel Serrano
Miguel Serrano
Miguel Serrano was a Chilean diplomat, explorer and author of poetry, books on spiritual questing and Esoteric Nazism...
's Antología del verdadero cuento en Chile.
The US New Directions Publishers
New Directions Publishers
New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin. The company was incorporated in 1964 as the New Directions Publishing Corporation and operates from New York City, and its books today are distributed by WW Norton & Company. Its...
selected him in 1944, along with his friend Pablo Neruda, to be part of its yearly anthology of Latin-American contemporary poetry.
During Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo was a Chilean Army officer and political figure. He served as dictator between 1927 and 1931 and as constitutional President from 1952 to 1958.- The coups of 1924 and 1925 :...
's government (1955), he was named cultural attache in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, where he published Palabras al oído de México in 1960.
At the end of his life he worked at the Editorial Universitaria as a publisher.
Obras
1934: Tránsito al fin (poesía).1935: Antología de la Poesía Chilena Nueva (antología junto con Volodia Teitelboim).
1948: Últimos poemas (poesía).
1945: Antología de Vicente Huidobro (antología).
1950: Inseguridad del hombre (relatos).
1951: Anguita, cinco poemas (poesía).
1960: Palabras al oído de México (prosa y poesía).
1962: El poliedro y el mar (poesía).
1963: Rimbaud pecador (ensayo).
1967: Venus en el pudridero (poesía).
1970: Poesía Entera (antología).
1980: Se publica nuevamente, corregido, Venus en el pudridero.
1988: La belleza del pensar (crónicas).
Premios
1963: Premio de la Municipalidad de Santiago en poesía. Por El poliedro y el mar.1972: Premio de poesía de la Municipalidad de Santiago. Por Poesía entera.
1981: Premio María Luisa Bombal de la Municipalidad de Viña del Mar.
1988: Premio Nacional de Literatura.
External links
- http://www.memoriachilena.cl/mchilena01/temas/dest.asp?id=eduardoanguitapoesiaentera
- http://www.memoriachilena.cl/mchilena01/temas/index.asp?id_ut=eduardoanguita(1914-1992)
- http://www.angelfire.com/nj/poesia/prznac/anguita.html
- http://www.letras.s5.com/archivoanguita.htm