María Elvira Piwonka Moreno (
Santiago
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, 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
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.
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 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 ...
.
[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'' through the Tegualda publishing house (1946). In 1949, she received the Santiago Municipal Poetry Prize for her second publication: ''Llamarlo amor'' (Call it love).
[Dussuel, Francisco (1 December 1957). ''El Diario Ilustrado'', ed. "Lazo de arena" de María Elvira Piwonka".]
In 1985, the poem "La pequeña súplica" (The small plea) from the book ''Intima'' was set to music by the singer-songwriter Norman Ilic, and won the first prize in the program "Esquinazo" on TV Channel 13 in a contest called "musicalización de poemas" (musicalization of poems).
Awards
* 1949, Santiago Municipal Poetry Prize
* 1950, Santiago Municipal Literature Award
Works
* ''Íntima'' (Santiago, Tegualda, 1946)
* ''Llamarlo amor'' (Santiago, 1949)
* ''Lazo de arena'' (Santiago, Grupo Fuego, 1957)
* ''Selected poems'' translated by Clark Mills, (
New York City
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, Osmar, 1967)
In anthologies
* ''Guía de la poesía erótica en Chile''
References
1913 births
2006 deaths
Writers from Santiago
20th-century Chilean writers
20th-century Chilean women writers
20th-century Chilean poets
Chilean women poets
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