Miguel Arteche
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Miguel Salinas Arteche, best known as Miguel Arteche, the name he adopted after legally reversing his maternal and paternal surnames in 1972. He was born in Nueva Imperial
, Cautín
, 9th Region, on June 4, 1926. He spent most of his adult life in Santiago, Chile
serving in academics, but was also awarded government positions, both in Chile and abroad. His writings appeared first in the Anthology of the Generation of 1950, compiled by Enrique Lafourcade
a well-known Chile
an writer.
from 1951 to 1953. His work ranges from poetry to novel and short stories.
In 1947 he publishes his first book, Invitación al olvido. He keeps on publishing poetry books, with Cantata del desterrado as his last book before parting to Europe
. Spain will be fundamental to his writing, approaching him to his family roots and the intellectual world.
He later returns to Chile, where he continues his writing. It is in 1976 that he writes one of his most famous books, Destierros y tinieblas.
In 1956, Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva
nominates him to the Chilean Embassy in Madrid, where he remains until 1970, then he is added to the Chilean Embassy in Honduras
, where he stays until 1971, remaining an additional period as Visiting Professor of the University.
Once again he returns to Chile. He soon opposes to the military government of Augusto Pinochet
, which will lead to less frequent publication of his books and marginalization of his work. Only after the return of democracy in Chile he is able to republish his books.
In 1996 he is awarded with the Premio Nacional de Literatura, the greatest literary award in Chile.
in 1954. Prominent writers of this generation are Miguel Arteche, Enrique Lafourcade
, Pablo Neruda
, Vicente Huidobro
, Humberto Días Casanueva, Rosamel del Valle, Jorge Edwards
, Claudio Giaconi, et al. These writers are influenced by authors like Walt Whitman
, William Faulkner
and Ernest Hemingway
. Miguel Arteche has also stated that his influences come from the Spanish Siglo de oro (golden century).
Nueva Imperial
Nueva Imperial is a city and commune in the south of Chile. It is located in Cautín Province in the Araucanía Region. Nueva Imperial lies about to the west of Temuco, the regional capital.-Geography:...
, Cautín
Cautín Province
Cautín Province is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía , bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by Valdivia Province, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Its population at the 2002 census was of 667,920. The most...
, 9th Region, on June 4, 1926. He spent most of his adult life in Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
serving in academics, but was also awarded government positions, both in Chile and abroad. His writings appeared first in the Anthology of the Generation of 1950, compiled by Enrique Lafourcade
Enrique Lafourcade
Enrique Lafourcade Valdenegro is a Chilean writer, critic and journalist who was born in Santiago, Chile, on October 14, 1927.-Brief Biography:...
a well-known Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an writer.
Short biography
He studied Law in the Universidad de Chile, but shortly dropped to study Literature in the Universidad de Madrid, in SpainSpain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
from 1951 to 1953. His work ranges from poetry to novel and short stories.
In 1947 he publishes his first book, Invitación al olvido. He keeps on publishing poetry books, with Cantata del desterrado as his last book before parting to Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. Spain will be fundamental to his writing, approaching him to his family roots and the intellectual world.
He later returns to Chile, where he continues his writing. It is in 1976 that he writes one of his most famous books, Destierros y tinieblas.
In 1956, Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva was a Chilean political leader of world stature. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and president of Chile from 1964 to 1970...
nominates him to the Chilean Embassy in Madrid, where he remains until 1970, then he is added to the Chilean Embassy in Honduras
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
, where he stays until 1971, remaining an additional period as Visiting Professor of the University.
Once again he returns to Chile. He soon opposes to the military government of Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte, more commonly known as Augusto Pinochet , was a Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973...
, which will lead to less frequent publication of his books and marginalization of his work. Only after the return of democracy in Chile he is able to republish his books.
In 1996 he is awarded with the Premio Nacional de Literatura, the greatest literary award in Chile.
Literary generation of 1950
Miguel Arteche is one of the authors of the so called Generación literaria de 1950. Writers inside this category were born between 1920 and 1934. This classification was impulsed by author Enrique LafourcadeEnrique Lafourcade
Enrique Lafourcade Valdenegro is a Chilean writer, critic and journalist who was born in Santiago, Chile, on October 14, 1927.-Brief Biography:...
in 1954. Prominent writers of this generation are Miguel Arteche, Enrique Lafourcade
Enrique Lafourcade
Enrique Lafourcade Valdenegro is a Chilean writer, critic and journalist who was born in Santiago, Chile, on October 14, 1927.-Brief Biography:...
, 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....
, 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...
, Humberto Días Casanueva, Rosamel del Valle, Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards Valdés is a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chilean ambassador to France.-Life and career:...
, Claudio Giaconi, et al. These writers are influenced by authors like Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
, William Faulkner
William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of media; he wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays during his career...
and Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
. Miguel Arteche has also stated that his influences come from the Spanish Siglo de oro (golden century).
Poetry
- La invitación al olvido, 1947
- Oda fúnebre, 1948
- Una nube, 1949
- El sur dormido, 1950
- Cantata del desterrado, 1951
- Solitario, mira hacia la ausencia, 1953
- Otro continente, 1957
- Quince poemas, 1961
- Destierros y tinieblas, 1963
- De la ausencia a la noche, 1965
- Resta poética, 1966
- Para un tiempo tan breve, 1970
- Antología de veinte años, 1972
- Noches, 1976
- Cantata del Pan y la Sangre, 1980, 1981, 1986
- Variaciones alemanas, 1986
- Variaciones sobre versos de Karol Wojtyla, 1987
- Monólogo en la Torre, 1989
- Siete canciones, 1989
- Tercera antología, 1991
- Fénix de madrugada, 1975–1992
- Poemas para nietos, 1996
- Para un tiempo tan breve, 1997
- Jardín de relojes, 2002
Novel
- La otra orilla, 1964
- El Cristo hueco, 1969
- La disparatada vida de Félix Palissa, 1975
- El alfil negro, 1992 (unpublished)
Essay
- Notas para la vieja y la nueva poesía chilena, 1958
- La extrañeza de ser americano, 1962
- Discurso de incorporación a la Academia Chilena de la Lengua, 1965
- El extraño caso de Gabriela Mistral, 1968
- Tres visiones de Carlos Droguett. 1971
- Alfonso Calderón o cuarenta años después, 1978
- Llaves para la poesía, 1984
- Algunos de mis fantasmas, 1985
- Algo acerca de la experiencia poética, 1988
- La crítica poética y el crítico único, 1988
- Exposición sobre un taller de poesía, 1988
- La fuente dividida de Gabriela Mistral, 1989
- El nombre perdido y buscado en América, 1989
- Cómo leer un poema, 1989
- Gabriela Mistral: seis o siete materias alucinadas, 1989
- Escribir como niño para niños, 1990
- De modo inseguro y problemático, 1990
- Los coléricos hijos de Damaso Alonso, 1990
- Algunos aprendices de brujo, 1989
- Palabras en Alberti, 1991.