Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher
Encyclopedia
Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (24 December 1949 Avellaneda, Buenos Aires
- 26 November 1992 São Paulo
) was an Argentine poet
, and anthropologist.
He graduated completed his degree in sociology; he moved to San Pablo, where he graduated from the University of Campinas with a Master of Social Anthropology; where he was appointed professor in 1985.
His work appeared in the El Porteño, Alfonsina, Last Kingdom and Poetry Journal.
He was active in the Gay Liberation Front.
He died of AIDS in San Pablo.
Buenos Aires
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- 26 November 1992 São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
) was an Argentine poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and anthropologist.
He graduated completed his degree in sociology; he moved to San Pablo, where he graduated from the University of Campinas with a Master of Social Anthropology; where he was appointed professor in 1985.
His work appeared in the El Porteño, Alfonsina, Last Kingdom and Poetry Journal.
He was active in the Gay Liberation Front.
He died of AIDS in San Pablo.
Works
- Austria-Hungría (Buenos Aires, Tierra Baldía, 1980)
- Alambres (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1987; Premio "Boris Vian" de Literatura Argentina)
- Hule (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1989) ISBN 978-950-9418-57-8
- Parque Lezama (Buenos Aires, Sudamericana, 1990)
- Aguas aéreas (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1990)
- El cuento de las iluminaciones (Caracas, Pequeña Venecia, 1992)
- Poemas completos: 1980-1992, Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1997; Grupo Editorial Planeta S.A.I.C./Seix Barral, 2003, ISBN 978-950-731-366-0
Non-fiction
- Prosa plebeya, Editors Christian Ferrer, Osvaldo Baigorria, Ediciones Colihue SRL, 1997, ISBN 978-950-581-191-5
- Papeles insumisos, Editor Reynaldo Jiménez, Santiago Arcos, 2004, ISBN 978-987-21493-3-8
- El negocio del deseo: la prostitución masculina en San Pablo, Paidós, 1999, ISBN 978-950-12-3803-7
- La prostitución masculina, Ediciones de la Urraca, 1993, ISBN 978-950-9265-28-8
- El Fantasma del SIDA, Puntosur, 1988
Sources
- Néstor Perlongher: the poetic search for an Argentine marginal voice, Ben Bollig, University of Wales Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7083-2123-2
- Bollig, Ben "Nestor Perlongher and the Avant-Garde: Privileged Interlocuters and Inherited Techniques", Hispanic Review - Volume 73, Number 2, Spring 2005, pp. 157–184
- The art of transition: Latin American culture and neoliberal crisis, Francine Masiello, Duke University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8223-2818-6
External links
- "Néstor Perlongher", Spanish Wikipedia