Ítalo López Vallecillos (November 15, 1932 – February 9, 1986) was a Salvadoran poet, historian, journalist and editor.

Biography

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and Álvaro Menen Desleal also belonged. He was editor of the newspaper ''El Independiente'', which for two decades was attacked by military governments. In the early sixties, he created the Editorial Universitaria de El Salvador and the influential magazine ''La pájara pinta''. At the beginning of the 1970s, he founded the Editorial Universitaria Centroamericana (EDUCA), which for almost thirty years made the most important writers of the region known.

Works

* ''Biografía de un hombre triste (poetry, Madrid, 1954),'' * ''Imágenes sobre el otoño (San Salvador, 1962),'' * ''El periodismo en El Salvador (historic essay, San Salvador, 1964),'' * ''Gerardo Barrios y su tiempo (historic essay, 1965),'' * ''Burudi Sur (theater, San Salvador, 1965),'' * ''Puro asombro (poetry, San Salvador, 1970),'' * ''Inventario de soledad (poetry, San Salvador, 1977).''

References

External links

Ítalo López Vallecillos, the poet behind the printing press

Poems by Ítalo López Vallecillos

Italo López Vallecillos, Editor to the Revolution
{{Authority control Salvadoran literature Spanish-language writers Salvadoran poets Salvadoran male poets 1932 births 1986 deaths