Teófilo Cid (September 27, 1914 – June 15, 1964) was a

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

an poet. He was a member of the Chilean Generación del 38 or Generation of 1938, but was a member of the small Surrealist group in the generation, known as

La Mandrágora ''La Mandrágora'' (Spanish for ''The Mandrake'') was a Chilean Surrealist group "officially founded" on 12 July 1938 by Braulio Arenas (1913-1988), Teófilo Cid and Enrique Gómez Correa.Braulio Arenas Braulio Arenas ( La Serena, April 4, 1913 - †Santiago May 12, 1988) was a Chilean poet and writer, founder of the surrealist '' Mandrágora'' group. Life Braulio Arenas lived most of his youth in the north of Chile, moving in his teens to Tal ...

and

Enrique Gómez Correa Enrique Gómez Correa (1915, in Talca – 1995, in Santiago de Chile) was a Chilean poet, lawyer and diplomat. Biography He studied at the Lyceum for Boys at Abate Molina de Talca, his hometown, where he met Braulio Arenas and Teófilo Cid, w ...

. After living an unrestrained life, he died before reaching 50 years of age. He was awarded a number of prizes. He published a number of books including ''Bouldroud'' (1942), ''El tiempo de la sospecha'', lit. ''Time of the Suspect'' (1952) which was about critical views of the dictator Carlos Ibáñez del Campo who ran from 1927 until 1931, ''Camino del Ñielol'' (1954) which contains a long poem of a thousand verses. He also wrote articles in the seminary Pro-Arte and the ''La Hora'' newspaper. In 1976, Alfonso Calderón made his works in several newspapers and reviews including ''Pro-Arte'' and ''Alerce'' under the title ''¡Hasta Mapocho no más!''

Works

* ''El tiempo de la sospecha.'' Santiago: Cruz del Sur, 1952. * ''Camino del N̄ielol.'' Santiago: Ediciones Renovación, 1954. * ''!Hasta Mapocho no más ...!'' Santiago: Editorial Nascimento, 1976.

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Reference in Memoria Chilena

Chilean male poets Surrealist poets Chilean literature 1914 births 1964 deaths {{Chile-poet-stub