Hugo Achugar (born 1944 in

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) is a professor emeritus at the

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and a

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, essayist, and researcher."Hugo Achugar"
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Biography

Achugar graduated from the Artigas Institute for Teachers ( Instituto de Profesores Artigas) with a degree in literature and taught secondary education in

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until he was dismissed by the Uruguayan dictatorship. He then relocated to

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, where he worked as a researcher for the

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. He has held professorships in

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, the

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, and Uruguay. He currently teaches cultural policies at

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in Uruguay.

Publications

Poetry

* ''El derrumbe'' (1968) * ''Con bigote triste'' (1971) * ''Mi país / mi casa'' (1973) * ''Textos para decir María'' (1976) * ''Seis mariposas tropicales'' (1986) * ''Las mariposas tropicales'' (1987) * ''Todo lo que es sólido se disuelve en el aire'' (1989) * ''Orfeo en el salón de la memoria'' (1991) * ''El cuerpo del Bautista'' (1996) * ''Hueso quevrado'' (2006) * "Incorrección" (2012) * "Los pasados del presente" (2016) * "Demoliciones" (2019)

Criticism

* ''Ideologías y estructuras narratives en José Donoso (1950-1970)'' (1979) * ''Poesía y sociedad (Uruguay, 1880-1911)'' (1986) * ''La balsa de la Medusa'' (1992) * ''La biblioteca en ruinas: reflexiones culturales desde la periferia'' (1994) * ''Planetas sin boca.Escritos efímeros sobre arte, cultura, y literature'' (2004) * "Piedra, papel o tijera. Sobre cultura y literatura en América Latina". (2020)

Narrative

* Cañas de la India (1995) (Con el heterónimo Juana Caballero) * Falsas memorias: Blanca Luz Brum (2000)

Discourses of the Self

* Habla el Huérfano (2019)

References

External links

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