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Generation Of '38
The Generation of '38 ( es, Generación del 38) was a Chilean artistic-literary movement that tried to portray the social decline of the time in its works. It became prominent in the cultural panorama of the 1930s. Historical context In 1937, after two mandates by Arturo Alessandri Palma, the Popular Front took over the Chilean government. The international situation was critical, marked by the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and by the imminent outbreak of World War II (1939–1945). This affected conditions for the majority of the population. Economic context Chile was undergoing a process of economic transition, as its main source of livelihood was the agricultural sector, but interest in industrialization was growing. This had dire consequences for the mining sector, as production of saltpeter ceased, and consequently many unemployed northern miners decided to travel to the capital in search of new job opportunities. Characteristics of the group Due to the great social turmoil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Droguett
Carlos Droguett (14 October 1912 – 30 July 1996) was a Chilean writer. In 1970 he won the Chilean National Prize for Literature and the Premio Alfaguara de Novela The Alfaguara Novel Prize ( es, Premio Alfaguara de Novela) is a Spanish-language literary award. The award is one of the most prestigious in the Spanish language. It includes a prize of (about ) making it one of the richest literary prizes in th .... References 1912 births 1996 deaths Chilean male writers National Prize for Literature (Chile) winners {{Chile-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilean Art
Chilean art refers to all kinds of visual art developed in Chile, or by Chileans, from the arrival of the Spanish conquerors to the modern day. It also includes the native pre-Columbian pictorial expression on modern Chilean territory. Pre-Columbian art Prehistoric painting in Chile, also called pre-Columbian Chilean painting, refers to any type of painting or painting technique used to represent objects or people during the period before the Spanish conquest. Developed prior to the existence of written sources, study of this period is based on the material remains and vestiges of the cultures that developed. The beginning of pre-Columbian art in Chile coincided with the appearance of indigenous cultures in the territory, and ended around the start of the Spanish conquest of Chile around 1500AD. After this period, indigenous art was virtually eliminated by the Catholic community as part of the process of converting native people. (see also: Catholic Church and the Age of Disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gonzalo Rojas
Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro (December 20, 1916 – April 25, 2011) was a Chilean poet."Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet, is dead" Obituary, ''The Telegraph'', 26 April 2011. His work is part of the continuing literary tradition of the twentieth century. In 2003 he was awarded the . Life and career He was the seventh son of a[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Serrano
Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández, known as Miguel Serrano (10 September 1917 – 28 February 2009), was a Chilean diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist. A Nazi sympathiser in the late 1930s and early 1940s, he later became a prominent figure in the neo-Nazi movement as an exponent of Esoteric Hitlerism. Born to a wealthy Chilean family of European descent, Serrano was orphaned as a child and raised by his grandmother. After an education at the Internado Nacional Barros Arana, he developed an interest in writing and far-right politics, allying himself with the National Socialist Movement of Chile. During the Second World War, in which Chile remained neutral until 1943, Serrano campaigned in support of Nazi Germany and promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories through his own fortnightly publication, ''La Nueva Edad''. In 1942, he joined an occult order founded by a German migrant which combined pro-Nazi sentiment with ceremonial magic and kundalin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Anguita
Eduardo Anguita Cuéllar (Yerbas Buenas, Linares Province, Linares November 1914 - Santiago de Chile August 12, 1992) was a Chilean poet, who was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1988. Life Eduardo Anguita was raised in San Bernardo, Chile, San Bernardo, before integrating the College of the Augustine Fathers in Santiago de Chile, Santiago. At 16, he began law studies in the Catholic University of Chile, which he dropped three years later in order to dedicate himself to literature. From then on, he collaborated to many reviews and newspapers, such as ''Ercilla (newspaper), Ercilla'', ''Plan'', ''Atenea'', ''La Nación (Chile), La Nación'', ''El Mercurio'', etc. He also worked in advertising agencies and in various radios. His first poems were published in 1934 under the name ''Tránsito al fin'', and translated in English in 1942. A member of the Generation of 38, Eduardo Anguita started his literary career during a period marked by Surrealism and Creation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teófilo Cid
Teófilo Cid (September 27, 1914 – June 15, 1964) was a Chilean poet. He was a member of the Chilean Generación del 38 or Generation of 1938, but was a member of the small Surrealist group in the generation, known as La Mandrágora. Other poets of this elite group were Braulio Arenas and Enrique Gómez Correa Enrique Gómez Correa (1915, in Talca – 1995, in Santiago de Chile) was a Chilean poet, lawyer and diplomat. Biography He studied at the Lyceum for Boys at Abate Molina de Talca, his hometown, where he met Braulio Arenas and Teófilo Cid, w .... After living an unrestrained life, he died before reaching 50 years of age. He was awarded a number of prizes. He published a number of books including ''Bouldroud'' (1942), ''El tiempo de la sospecha'', lit. ''Time of the Suspect'' (1952) which was about critical views of the dictator Carlos Ibáñez del Campo who ran from 1927 until 1931, ''Camino del Ñielol'' (1954) which contains a long poem of a thousand verses. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Elvira Piwonka
María Elvira Piwonka Moreno (Santiago, 1913 - 2006) was a Chilean writer and poet.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (Spanish language) She is a laureate of the Santiago Municipal Poetry Prize and the Santiago Municipal Literature Award. Biography Along with Homero Arce, Stella Corvalán, Mila Oyarzún, among others, María Elvira Piwonka Moreno is included in a group of writers close to the Generation of '38.Alegría, Fernando (1970). ''La literatura chilena del siglo XX''. Editorial Zig-Zag. p. 287. (in Spanish) Alongside María Monvel, Chela Reyes, Sylvia Moore, Gladys Thein, Mila Oyarzún and Irma Astorga, Piwonka is included within the so-called “new poetry” of Chile from the late 1950s.Elliott, Jorge (2002). ''Antología de la nueva poesía chilena: 1957''. Lom Ediciones. p. 271. ISBN 978-95-6282-536-8. (in Spanish) One of the first literary works published by her was the poetry book ''Íntima'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Corvalán
Stella Corvalán Vega (25 November 1913 – 1994) was a Chilean writer and poet. She mainly explored the genre of poetry ascribing itself to an aesthetic stance close to surrealism. She is included together with Homero Arce, María Elvira Piwonka, Mila Oyarzún, and others in the group of writers known as the Generation of '38. Biography Stella Corvalán was born in Talca on 13 November 1913. One of her first publications was ''Sombra en el aire'' in 1940, which in the opinion of writer and literary critic Carlos René Correa, "stands out with signs of original class, of expressive force and of true depth." Her poetic work "is characterized by the ability to evoke the absent, and the ability to organize in her texts what is politically called 'the feminine', that is, the world of emotions, intuition, sensitivity tied to a knowledge of those emotions." Her work was published and recognized in various countries in Latin America and Europe, followed by renowned intellectuals such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Sabella
Andrés Sabella (1912–1989) was a Chilean writer, cartoonist, journalist and poet. Biography Andrés Sabella's was born to Palestinian-Italian Andrés Sabella Signora, and Carmela Gálvez Tello. His mother died when he was six years old. He completed his primary and secondary education at the St. Aloysius College, Antofagasta where his classmate was Radomiro Tomic. Sabella began writing at the age of 14. In 1929, he published Carcaj, Antofagasta's first poetic anthology. In the following year he published his first book titled, ''Rumbo indeciso''. Works *Rumbo indecisive (1930) *Dirt (1934) *Neighborhood pigeons (1941) *Far North (1944) *Chile, fertile province (1945) *Centennial JK Huysmans (1949) *Gala Martin (1952) *The horse in my hand (1953) *Songs for the sea to play with us (1964) *A child over the sea (1972) *Cell Christ. About The Bible A Hard Pan. *The Star Man. (1972) References 1912 births 1989 deaths People from Antofagasta Chilean journalists Male journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mila Oyarzún
Emilia Pincheira "Mila" Oyarzún (1912October9, 1982) was a Chilean writer, poet and human rights activist who wrote poetry and novels.Szmulewicz, Efraín (1984). ''Diccionario de la Literatura Chilena''. Santiago de Chile: Andrés Bello. (in Spanish) She is included together with Homero Arce, María Elvira Piwonka, Stella Corvalán, and others in the group of writers known as the Generation of '38. Oyarzún was a recipient of the Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago. Oyarzún was born in Concepción, Chile, and died in Santiago. Career One of her first published literary works was the poetry collection ''Esquinas del viento'' through Editorial Nascimento (1941). It received the Premio Municipal de Poesía de Santiago (Municipal Poetry Prize of Santiago).Merino Reyes, Luis (25 January 1990). Fortín Mapocho, ed"Recuerdo activo de Mila Oyarzún"(PDF). p. 11. (in Spanish) Along with that of María Monvel, Chela Reyes, Sylvia Moore, Gladys Thein, María Elvira Piwonka, and Irma Astorga, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maité Allamand
Maité Allamand (29 October 1911 – 3 January 1996) was a Chilean writer and diplomat. Born Jeanne Dominique Marie Therese Allamand Madaune to a French family based in Chile, she was an influential figure in the early development of children's literature in that country. She was the director of the PEN Club and a member of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). She received several awards, including the 1962 Municipal Prize of Santiago in the short story category and the 1969 IBBY CRAV prize. Biography Maité Allamand spent her childhood in the countryside on the banks of the Maule River, after her father's job transferred him there. This rural environment influenced her later work. In 1920 she enrolled in the Sacred Heart College of Talca, where she learned to speak and read Spanish. After finishing her education, Allamand worked in the legation to Belgium, thanks to her mastery of French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
