Osvaldo Hernán Rodríguez Musso (26 July 1943 – 18 March 1996) was a
Chilean troubadour
A troubadour (, ; oc, trobador ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a ''trobairit ...
,
poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...
, and
essayist
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commonly regarded in his country for his
waltz
The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position.
History
There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...
song ''Valparaíso''. Similarly, he is known as ''Gitano'' (Gypsy).
Works
Poetry
*1973 – State of Emergency
*1975 – Journal of the Double Exile
*1994 – Songs of Extramural (
foreword
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by Julio Cortázar)
Prose
*With Their Eyes Look Strange
(short stories)
*The Day You Love Me (novel)
Essays
*Singers Who Reflect, Notes for a Personal History of the New Chilean Song
Articles
*The American Dream of Patricio Manns
*Laughter and Drums Gabriel Parra
*Araucaria de Chile
References
1943 births
1996 deaths
Chilean male poets
University of Valparaíso alumni
University of Chile alumni
20th-century Chilean poets
20th-century Chilean male writers
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