Emeterio Cerro
Encyclopedia
Héctor Medina, better known by his literary pen name as Emeterio Cerro (Balcarce
, Argentina; December 3, 1952 – Buenos Aires
, Argentina; December 12, 1996) was an Argentine
poet, playwright and short fiction writer.
, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He obtained his bachelor's degree in psychology and graduated as regisseur of opera at the Higher Institute of Arts of the Colón Theatre (Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón); he further enrolled at the Sorbonne University in Paris in advanced courses of linguistics
. Since 1986 he sets his residence in Paris. By means of La Barrosa (Miss Murkiness), a theatre company he created in 1983, he was able to present his works that reflect his creativeness. The name of his theatre company derives from one work of his that consisted in two long poems organized on musical structures, based on sound repetition and variation, where the logic sustaining discourse is strictly phonic. Among the plays he made stand out La Juanetarga, El Cuis Cuis, El Bochicho, La Julietada, La Magdalena del Ojón, El Bollo, Doña Ñoca, La Papelona, La María Rodríguez, La Tullivieja, La Dongue, La Marita, Loca de Amor (Mad of Love), Las Guaranís (1996), and Tango-Macbeth. He collaborated in literary magazines and newspapers such as Último Reino and El Porteño from Argentina, Ovación from Colombia, Dimensão from Brasil, Empireuma and Gemma from España, Akcent from Poland and Les Cahiers du Sud from France. He is considered to belong to the neobaroque group among other writers such as Severo Sarduy
, Néstor Perlongher, Arturo Carrera
, Tamara Kamenszain, and Osvaldo Lamborghini
. He died in Buenos Aires on December 12, 1996.
Balcarce, Buenos Aires
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, Argentina; December 3, 1952 – 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...
, Argentina; December 12, 1996) was an Argentine
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...
poet, playwright and short fiction writer.
Biography
Emeterio Cerro, whose birth name is Héctor Medina, was born on December 3, 1952 in BalcarceBalcarce, Buenos Aires
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, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He obtained his bachelor's degree in psychology and graduated as regisseur of opera at the Higher Institute of Arts of the Colón Theatre (Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón); he further enrolled at the Sorbonne University in Paris in advanced courses of linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
. Since 1986 he sets his residence in Paris. By means of La Barrosa (Miss Murkiness), a theatre company he created in 1983, he was able to present his works that reflect his creativeness. The name of his theatre company derives from one work of his that consisted in two long poems organized on musical structures, based on sound repetition and variation, where the logic sustaining discourse is strictly phonic. Among the plays he made stand out La Juanetarga, El Cuis Cuis, El Bochicho, La Julietada, La Magdalena del Ojón, El Bollo, Doña Ñoca, La Papelona, La María Rodríguez, La Tullivieja, La Dongue, La Marita, Loca de Amor (Mad of Love), Las Guaranís (1996), and Tango-Macbeth. He collaborated in literary magazines and newspapers such as Último Reino and El Porteño from Argentina, Ovación from Colombia, Dimensão from Brasil, Empireuma and Gemma from España, Akcent from Poland and Les Cahiers du Sud from France. He is considered to belong to the neobaroque group among other writers such as Severo Sarduy
Severo Sarduy
Severo Sarduy was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.-Biography:...
, Néstor Perlongher, Arturo Carrera
Arturo Carrera
Arturo Carrera is an Argentine poet born on 27 March 1948 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province.- Biography :In 1966, he moved to Buenos Aires where he worked on various literary projects with the writer César Aira, also from Coronel Pringles, with whom he founded the literary magazine El Cielo...
, Tamara Kamenszain, and Osvaldo Lamborghini
Osvaldo Lamborghini
Osvaldo Lamborghini was an Argentine writer of the 1960s and 70s avant-gardes. His work is not easily lumped into traditional generic categories, as it spans and combines elements of poetry, prose fiction, and theatre.-Life and work:...
. He died in Buenos Aires on December 12, 1996.
Poetry
- La Barrosa (Miss Murkiness or The Muddy One, 1982)
- El Bochicho (1983)
- Las Amarantas (1984)
- El Charmelo (1986)
- Aguasmadres (1986)
- Los Fifris de Galia (1988)
- Las Mirtillas (1989)
- Los Teros del Danubio (1990)
- El Bristol (1991)
- Las Carnes (1992)
- Pasodoble Español (1992)
- L’Hambre China (1993)
- La Maruca Bustos (1993)
- Sangre Salomé (1996)
Short Fiction
- Retrato de un Albañil Adolescente (Portrait of an Adolescent Construction Worker in collaboration with Arturo CarreraArturo CarreraArturo Carrera is an Argentine poet born on 27 March 1948 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province.- Biography :In 1966, he moved to Buenos Aires where he worked on various literary projects with the writer César Aira, also from Coronel Pringles, with whom he founded the literary magazine El Cielo...
, 1988) - Telones Zurcidos para Títeres con Himen (Drop Curtains Mended for Puppets with Hymen in collaboration with Arturo CarreraArturo CarreraArturo Carrera is an Argentine poet born on 27 March 1948 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province.- Biography :In 1966, he moved to Buenos Aires where he worked on various literary projects with the writer César Aira, also from Coronel Pringles, with whom he founded the literary magazine El Cielo...
, 1988) - El Cecilio (1991)
- La Petite Bouline (1991)
- A la San Pampa (1995)
- Cuervos en Gomina (1996)
External links
- Online sources
- Emeterio Cerro Kulturburg, Comunidad Cultural.
- Works online
- Cerro, Emeterio. “Miss Murkiness” (fragments), translated by K.A. Koppel, The Xul Reader 13, January, 1997. Xul: Electronic Archive, Boston College.
- Xul: Electronic Archive, other works of Emeterio Cerro available. Boston College.