Roque Vallejos was a 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...

, psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

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 and essayist from Paraguay

Paraguay

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.

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.

Career as a writer

He belonged to the so-called 60 generation. This group was concerned with social poetry and politics

Politics

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 during Alfredo Stroessner

Alfredo Stroessner

Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda, whose name is also spelled Strössner or Strößner , was a Paraguayan military officer and dictator from 1954 to 1989...

's dictatorship (1954-1989).

Works

• Los arcángeles ebrios (The Drunk Archangels), (1964)
• Poemas del Apocalipsis (Poems from Apocalypse), (1969)
• Los labios del silencio (Silence Lips), (1986)
• Tiempo baldío (Vain Time), (1988)

External links

• Roque Vallejos on MundoPoesía (in Spanish)

Roque Vallejos was a poet and a psychiatrist.