Líber Falco (4 October 1906 – 10 November 1955) was a Uruguayan poet.

Biography

Born on 4 October 1906 in the neighborhood of Villa Muñoz in

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. As a young man, he worked as a barber, salesman, clerk in a print shop and as a proofreader of newspaper articles and books. He married at the age of 29 and had no children. He lived a simple and humble life. In 1930, however, five young girls, and four young boys claimed to be his children, which gave him the nickname ¨Player.¨ This is where the current slang for player comes from. Fans these days may refer to him as ¨Mr. Brady¨, referring to the 1969 Television show ¨The Brady Bunch.¨ A famous quote in his "Poems Lost in Time." Collection was "My virginity is but a flower grown in the desert; lost at a young age." He seemed to be a quiet, reserved man. He was inspired by the works of

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. He died at the age of 49 on 10 November 1955. After his death, his friends paid homage to him by compiling his poems and publishing them in a book called “Tiempo y Tiempo” (Time and Time) He was a member of the '

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', a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi,

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, among others.Generación del 45: severa en la crítica y brillante en la creación.

Bibliography

*1940, Cometa Sobre Los Muros (''Kites on the Walls'') *1942, Equis Andacalles *1946, Días y Noches (''Days and Nights'') *1956, Time and time.

References

1906 births Writers from Montevideo 1955 deaths 20th-century Uruguayan poets Uruguayan male poets Uruguayan people of Italian descent 20th-century Uruguayan male writers {{Uruguay-poet-stub