Delia Domínguez Mohr (11 August 1931 – 7 November 2022) was a Chilean poet, a member of her country's literary Generation of '50.

Biography

A descendant of German settlers, Delia Domínguez lost her mother when she was five years old; Amalia Mohr died of

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in 1936. Her father, Luis Domínguez, a lawyer and judge, sent her and her brother Luis to boarding school. Delia studied at the Osorno School of German Nuns. About her time as a schoolgirl, Domínguez remembered that she felt "very lonely, so much that I talked with dogs and horses." She studied law at the

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, but in her third year she abandoned this and dedicated herself to managing the family farm, Santa Amelia de Tacamó in Osorno. During her student days she suffered her second great tragedy (after the death of her mother): at age 20 she lost the love of her life. Delia recalled: Domínguez has contributed to several publications, particularly ' magazine, of which she was editor-in-chief and a literary critic. She has also been a host of some television art programs on Channel 9 of the University of Chile, and a panelist on the program ''Carretera Cultural''. She was director of the and its magazine, ''Alerce''. As a member of the

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, she occupied its 4th chair on 25 May 1992. Her incorporation speech was titled ''Señales de una Poesía Mestiza en el Paralelo 40° Sur''. After her father died in 1970, she lived in the same house in the Santiago neighborhood of Providencia. Her poems have been translated into several languages, particularly German and English. She has been nominated for the National Prize for Literature four times. Pablo Neruda, her friend, said of her: On 7 November 2022, Domínguez died at the age of 91.

Awards and distinctions

* 1966 Pedro de Oña Municipal Award * Illustrious daughter of the city of Osorno, 1992 * 1996 National Book Council Award * 1999 Felipe Herrera Lane Foundation Award * 2001 Universidad Mayor Award * Finalist for the 2001

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for Poetry for ''Huevos revueltos'' * 2005

Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit The Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit ( es, Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda) was created in 2004 by the National Council of Culture and the Arts of the government of Chile, as part of the commemoration of the 10 ...

Works

* ''Simbólico retorno'', 1955 * ''La tierra nace al canto'', 1958 * ''Obertura siglo XX'', 1961 * ''Parlamentos del hombre claro'', 1963 * ''Contracanto'', 1968 * ''El sol mira para atrás'', 1973 * ''Pido que vuelva mi ángel'', 1982 * ''La gallina castellana y otros huevos'', 1995 * ''Huevos revueltos'', 2000 * ''Clavo de olor'', 2004 * ''El sol mira para atrás. Antología personal de poesía y prosa'', Catalonia, 2008; incorporates poems from other books * ''Paralelo 40 Sur'', anthology, with poems and unpublished stories, 2012

References

External links

"¿De dónde viene Delia Domínguez?"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Delia 1931 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Chilean poets 20th-century Chilean women writers 21st-century Chilean poets 21st-century Chilean women writers Chilean people of German descent Chilean women poets Members of the Chilean Academy of Language People from Osorno, Chile