- Amanda Berenguer
Amanda Berenguer (Born in 1921 in
Montevideo ) is aUruguay an poet. A member of theGeneration of '45 , she has been married to writerJosé Pedro Díaz since 1944."Quehaceres e Invenciones" (1963) brought Berenguer sudden fame and praise, emboldening her search for new poetic structures to express her unique vision of art and the world. In 1986 she received the "Reencuentro de Poesía" prize from the
University of the Republic, Uruguay for her work "Los signos sobre la mesa. Ante mis hermanos supliciados". "La dama de Elche" (1987) received first prize in the poetry category from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture. The second edition of "La dama de Elche", published in 1990, won the Bartolomé Hidalgo Prize, issued by the Uruguayan Book Chamber.In 2006, she had become an honorary member of the Uruguayan National Academy of Letters.
Works
Poetry
*A través de los tiempos que llevan a la gran calma, Montevideo, 1940.
*Canto hermético, Montevideo, Sagitario, 1941.
*Elegía por la muerte de Paul Valéry, Montevideo, La Galatea, 1945.
*El río, Montevideo, La Galatea, 1952.
*La invitación, Montevideo, La Galatea, 1957.
*Contracanto, Montevideo, La Galatea, 1961.
*Quehaceres e invenciones, Montevideo, Arca, 1963.
*Declaración conjunta, Montevideo, Arca, 1964.
*Materia prima, Montevideo, Arca, 1966.
*Dicciones (disco), Montevideo, Ayui, 1973.
*Composición de lugar, Montevideo, Arca, 1976.
*Poesía (1949-1979), Montevideo, Calicanto, 1980.
*Identidad de ciertas frutas, Montevideo, Arca, 1983.
*La dama de Elche, Madrid, Edhasa. Banco Exterior de España, 1987.
*Los Signos sobre la mesa, Montevideo, Universidad de la República, 1987.
*La botella verde (Analysis situs), Montevideo, Cal y Canto, 1995.
*El pescador de caña, Caracas, Fondo Editorial Pequeña Venecia, 1995.
*La estranguladora (incluye cassette), Montevideo, Cal y Canto, 1998.
*Poner la mesa del 3er. Milenio, 2002.
*Constelación del navío, 2002.
*Las mil y una preguntas y propicios contextos, Montevideo, Linardi y Risso, 2005.
*Casas donde viven criaturas del lenguaje y el diccionario, Montevideo, Editorial Artefacto, 2005.Prose
*El monstruo incesante. Expedición de caza, Montevideo, Arca, 1990. (Autobiography)
External links
*es [http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/berenguer/index.htm Poetry and criticism]
*es [http://www.henciclopedia.org.uy/autores/Hamed/AmandaB.html Commentaries]
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