Amir Hamed (11 May 1962 – 20 November 2017) was a
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an writer, essayist and translator.
Background and education
Born in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, he earned a degree in literature from the
University of the Republic
The University of the Republic ( es, Universidad de la República, sometimes ''UdelaR'') is Uruguay's oldest public university. It is by far the country's largest university, as well as the second largest public university in South America and t ...
and a doctorate in Hispanoamerican literature from
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.
Charte ...
.
Works
;Novels:
* ''Artigas Blues Band'' (1994)
* ''Troya Blanda'' (1996)
* ''Semidiós'' (2001)
* ''Febrero 30'' (2016)
;Stories:
* ''¿Qué nos ponemos esta noche?'' (1992)
* ''Buenas noches, América'' (2003)
;Essays:
* ''Retroescritura'' (1998)
* ''Orientales: Uruguay a través de su poesía Siglo XX'' (1996)
* ''Mal y neomal. Rudimentos de geoidiocia'' (2007)
* ''Porno y post porno'' (2009, in collaboration with
Roberto Echavarren
Roberto Echavarren (born 1944 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan poet and translator.
Works
* ''La Planicie Mojada'', 1981; poems
* ''El espacio de la verdad: Felisberto Hernández'', Buenos Aires, Sudamericana, 1981; essay
* ''Animalaccio'', 198 ...
and
Ercole Lissardi)
;Translations:
* ''
The Two Noble Kinsmen
''The Two Noble Kinsmen'' is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed jointly to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Its plot derives from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbury Tales'', which had ...
'' by
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
and
John Fletcher
See also
Uruguayan literature
Uruguayan literature has a long and eventful history.
Beginnings
Literature properly speaking starts in Uruguay with the country-flavoured poetry of Bartolomé Hidalgo, 1788-1822. The two leading figures of the Romantic period are Adolfo Berr ...
References
External links
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Biography and works in the H enciclopedia
1962 births
2017 deaths
Writers from Montevideo
Uruguayan people of Syrian descent
Uruguayan male writers
Uruguayan translators
Uruguayan essayists
University of the Republic (Uruguay) alumni
Northwestern University alumni
20th-century translators
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