Octavio G. Barreda (30 November 1897 – 2 January 1964) was a

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, and a literary promoter. Poet of secret desolation and author of some precious Sonetos a la Virgen (Sonnets to the Virgin) (1937) with hermetic background, sharp prose writer and critic. He made excellent translations to the Spanish language from works by

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, and was known for the generous impulse given to Mexican new literary values in the magazines he founded: ''Letras de México'' (1937-1947) and '' El Hijo Pródigo'' (1943-1946).

Biography

By medical prescription, he moved to Guadalajara in 1959,Carballo, Emmanuel, ''Ya nada es igual, memorias, (1929-1953)'', Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco/Editorial Diana, Guadalajara/Ciudad de México, 1994, p. 278. where he became a habitué to Café Apolo, located at Calle Galeana near the corner with Avenida Juárez in downtown Guadalajara.

Influence

The literary critic Emmanuel Carballo, in his memoirs, points out that from 1937 to 1945, Barreda "was the president of the Mexican republic of letters". The poet

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wrote that Barreda "knew how to bring together writers from different trends and inclinations. He was a cultured and generous man. Nobody helped my literary education more than him."

References

1897 births 1964 deaths 20th-century Mexican poets Mexican literary critics Mexican short story writers People from Mexico City {{Mexico-poet-stub