Manuel Álvarez Ortega

Manuel Álvarez Ortega (Córdoba, 4 March 1923 – Madrid, 14 June 2014) was a Spanish poet, translator, writer, and veterinarian. He was the director and founder of the journal ''Aglae'', which circulated between 1949 and 1954. He wrote many of his works in Madrid, the city where he lived starting in 1951.

Biography

Álvarez Ortega was born on 4 March 1923, at number 4, Calle Santa Victoria in Córdoba. He was the fifth child of Mariano Álvarez Berard and Paula Ortega Soria. He was baptized on 6 April 1923 in the Church of El Salvador y Santo Domingo de Silos. He began his studies in 1935 at the provincial Institute. Álvarez Ortega completed his diploma in 1942 and then studied at the Veterinary School (Facultad de Veterinaria) in Córdoba, which at that time belonged to the University of Seville (Universidad de Sevilla). Starting in 1951, he worked as a veterinarian, after taking the public exam for the position, at the Military Academy of Health (Academia de Sanidad Militar) in Madrid, a position that he left in 1972 to dedicate himself full time to literature. Álvarez Ortega died on 14 June 2014, at 91 years old. He was the brother of painter and poet Rafael Álvarez Ortega.

Literary career

In April 1948 Álvarez Ortega's first book, ''La huella de las cosas'' (a selection of poems written between 1941 and 1948), was self-published in Córdoba. In April 1949, the first number of the journal ''Aglae'' came out, presented as an anthology. In March 1950, his second book was published, ''Clamor de todo espacio'', in the collection ''Aglae''. In 1954, his book ''Hombre de otro tiempo'' is published, also in ''Aglae''. In December 1954, Álvarez Ortega was a finalist for the Adonais Prize with his book ''Exilio'', published the following year. In 1955, with José García Nieto, López Anglada, Leopoldo de Luis, Ramón de Garciasol, and others, he founded the collection ''Palabra y Tiempo'' with the publisher Taurus.

With the translation in 1960 of ''Crónica'', by Saint-John Perse, for a special number of the journal ''Poesía Española,'' published as a tribute to the then-recent winner of the Nobel Prize, Álvarez Ortega begins his period as a translator, which will continue throughout his life. Among other authors, he translated into Spanish the poetry of René Char, Bataille, Bonnefoy, Jaccottet, Desnos, Tzara, Artaud, Michaux, Aragon, Ponge, Leiris, Queneau, Senghor, Lanza de Vasto, Péret, Éluard, Laforgue, Breton, Péret, La Tour du Pin, Jarry, Lautréamont, Oscar Miłosz, and Apollinaire.

In April 1962 his books ''Dios de un día'' y ''Tiempo en el Sur'' came out in a single volume, in the collection Palabra y Tiempo from Taurus. In December 1963, Álvarez Ortega won a secondary award under the Adonais Prize for ''Invención de la muerte,'' which was published in February of the following year. In September 1964, he contributed to the anthology ''Poesía belga contemporánea'', published by Aguilar. Following this anthology came others: ''Poesía francesa contemporánea'' (1967), for which he received the National Translation Prize (Premio Nacional de Traducción);'' Poesía simbolista francesa'' (1975) and'' Veinte poetas franceses del siglo veinte'' (2001). In May 1967, he collaborated with the Televisión Española program ''El oro del tiempo'', directed by the poet José García Nieto. Previously he had worked with the program ''El alma se serena'', also on Televisión Española, and directed by the poet Juan Van-Halen. That same year he published two books, ''Despedida en el tiempo'' and ''Oscura marea''. In December his one-act play, ''Fábula de la Dama y los alpinistas'', was performed. In 1969, his books ''Oficio de los días'' and ''Reino memorable'' came out in a single volume. In 1972, he published ''Carpe diem'', and his ''Antología Poética (1941–71)'', with a prologue by Marcos Ricardo Barnatán, was released by the publisher Plaza y Janés. In 1973, ''Tenebrae'' came out as a supplement of the journal ''Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos'', and in January 1975, ''Génesis'' was published by Visor. Also in 1973, several of his translations began to be published, with poets like Apollinaire, Segalen, Éluard, Saint-John Perse, and others.

Following the publication of several minor works (''Fiel infiel''; ''Escrito en el Sur;'' ''Templo de la mortalidad;'' ''Lilia culpa,'' and ''Sea la sombra''), in 1988 Álvarez Ortega published ''Gesta'' and, in 1990, ''Código'', both with Devenir, directed by Juan Pastor. In 1992, he published as a book and cassette (in the author's voice) ''Génesis'' with Ediciones Portuguesas. In 1993, ''Liturgia'' was released and, in 1997, ''Intratexto'', both with Devenir. In April 1998, the same publisher released a book-homage, ''Dedicatoria'', with works by several poets and an extensive study of his work. In 2001, his candidacy for the Nobel Prize was proposed and accepted by the Swedish Academy for the first time. In 2002, ''Desde otra edad'' was published. In 2003, his second candidacy was proposed for the Nobel Prize. In 2005 the publisher Huerga y Fierro released ''Despedida en el tiempo: Antología poética (1941–2001)'', in an edition by Marcos-Ricardo Barnatán. In 2006, Álvarez Ortega's ''Obra Poética (1941–2005)'' was published by Visor and the following year Devenir published ''Antología Poética (1941–2005)''. That same year ''Adviento'' came out and one year later the publishing house Huerga y Fierro released ''Mantia Fidelis''. Álvarez Ortega's last two published books of poetry are ''Cenizas son los días'' (Devenir, 2010) and ''Ultima necat'' (Abada, 2012).

The Manuel Álvarez Ortega Foundation

In November 2015, the Manuel Álvarez Ortega Foundation was established with a notarized signature on the founding statutes, according to Álvarez Ortega's will. The Board of Trustees of the Foundation, directed by Juan Pastor, trustee of Álvarez Ortega along with Jaime Siles and Margarita Prieto, includes people such as Jaime Siles, Antonio Colinas, Marcos Ricardo Barnatán, César Antonio Molina, Fanny Rubio, and Margarita Prieto (secretary). The purpose of the entity is the conservation, study, and diffusion of the documents, books, images, and correspondence of Álvarez Ortega. In June 2021, the Manuel Álvarez Ortega Foundation's collection of archives was entrusted to the Universidad de Córdoba. This legacy contains, among other materials, the author's letters, in addition to unpublished works.

Poetry

* ''La huella de las cosas'' (Imprenta Ibérica, Córdoba, 1948)
* ''Clamor de todo espacio'' (''Aglae'', Córdoba, 1950)
* ''Hombre de otro tiempo'' (''Aglae'', Córdoba, 1954)
* ''Exilio'' (Adonais, Madrid, 1955)
* ''Dios de un día'' / ''Tiempo en el Sur'' (Taurus, Madrid, 1962)
* ''Invención de la muerte'' (Adonais, Madrid, 1964)
* ''Despedida en el tiempo'' (Pájaro Cascabel, México-Madrid, 1967)
* ''Oscura marea'' (Librería El Guadalhorce, Málaga, 1968)
* ''Oficio de los días /'' ''Reino memorable'' (Arbolé, Madrid, 1969)
* ''Carpen diem'' (Provincia, León, 1972)
* ''Antología 1941–1971'' (Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, 1972)
* ''Tenebrae'' (''Cuadernos hispanoamericanos -'' Instituto de Cultura Hispánica, Madrid 1973)
* ''Génesis'' (Visor, Madrid, 1975)
* ''Fiel infiel'' (Provincia, León, 1977)
* ''Escrito en el Sur'' (Premios Literarios Ciudad de Irún, San Sebastián, 1979)
* ''Templo de la mortalidad'' (Fundación Rielo, Madrid, 1982)
* ''Sea la sombra'' (''Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos -'' Cooperación Iberoamericana, Madrid, 1984)
* ''Lilia Culpa'' (Antorcha de Paja, Córdoba, 1984)
* ''Gesta'' (Devenir, Barcelona, 1988)
* ''Código'' (Devenir, Madrid, 1990)
* ''Liturgia'' (Devenir, Madrid, 1993)
* ''Obra Poética (1941.1991)'' (Edición no venal, Madrid, 1993)
* ''Clautro del día'' (Antelia, Madrid, 1996)
* ''Corpora Terrae'' (Antelia, Madrid, 1998)
* ''Desde otra edad'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2002)
* ''Égloga de un tiempo perdido'' (Antelia, Madrid, 2003)
* ''Despedida en el tiempo (1941–2001) Antología poética.'' (Huerga y Fierro, Madrid, 2004)
* ''Visitación'' (Antelia, Madrid, 2005)
* ''Obra poética (1941–2005)'' (Visor, Madrid, 2006)
* ''Antología Poética (2041–2005)'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2007)
* ''Adviento'' (Antelia, Madrid, 2007)
* ''Mantia Fidelis'' (Huerga y Fierro, Madrid, 2008)
* ''Cenizas son los días'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2010)
* ''Ultima necat'' (Abada, Madrid, 2012)

Essay

* ''Intratexto'' (Devenir, Madrid, 1997)
* ''Diálogo'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2013)

Theater

* ''Fábula de la dama y los alpinistas'' (Antelia, Madrid, 2008)
* ''La travesía (Un sueño, o no)'' (Antelia, Madrid, 2009)

Recordings

* ''Génesis''. Texto íntegro en la voz del autor. Book and cassette (Ediciones portuguesas, Valladolid, 1992)

Anthologies

* ''Poesía belga contemporánea.'' With other translators (Aguilar, Madrid, 1964)
* ''Poesía francesa contemporánea'' (Taurus, Madrid 1967; 2nd ed. Akal, Madrid, 1983)
* ''Poesía simbolista francesa'' (Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1975; 2nd ed. Akal, Madrid, 1984)
* ''Veinte poetas franceses del siglo veinte'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2001)

Translations

* ''Crónica'' (by Saint-John Perse, ''Poesía Española'', 95, Madrid, 1960)
* ''Salmos'' (by Patrice de la Tour du Pin, Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, 1972)
* ''Antología poética'' (by Apollinaire, Visor, Madrid, 1973)
* ''Estelas'' (by Victor Segalen, Visor, Madrid, 1974)
* ''El amor, la poesía'' (by Paul Éluard, Visor, Madrid, 1975)
* ''Poemas'' (by Jules Laforgue, Plaza y Janés, Barcelona, 1975)
* ''Pájaros y otros poemas'' (by Saint-John Perse, Visor, Madrid, 1976)
* ''Poemas.'' 2 Vols. (by André Breton, Visor, Madrid, 1978)
* ''El gran juego'' (by Benjamin Péret, Visor, Madrid, 1978)
* ''Antología'' (by Alfred Jarry, Visor, Madrid, 1982)
* ''Obra Completa'' (by Lautréamont, Akal, Madrid, 1988)
* ''Sinfonías/Salmos'' (by O.V. de L. Milosz, Antelia, Madrid, 2004)
* ''Cántico del conocimiento'' (by O.V de L. Milosz, Antelia, Madrid, 2005)
* ''Antología poética'' (by O.V. de L. Milosz, Devenir, Madrid, 2008)

Translations of His Works

* ''Poemas / Poems.'' English version by Louis Bourne (Antelia, Madrid, 2002)
* ''Genèse / Domaine de l'ombre''. French version by Jacques Ancet (Le Taillis Pré, Châtelineau, 201
Poussières d'étoiles
* ''Hieren Todas: Antología poética plurilingüe''. Multilingual anthology. Edition and epilogue by Guillermo Aguirre, Prologue by Rosa Pereda (Devenir, Madrid, 2022).

Books about His Works

* Multiple authors. ''A Manuel Álvarez Ortega. Dedicatoria'' (Devenir, Madrid, 1998).
* Asunción Córdoba: ''Fábula muerta. En torno al universo simbólico en la poesía de Manuel Álvarez Ortega'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2008). riginally presented as a doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante (1991), with the title: ''Fábula muerta: el universo simbólico de Álvarez Ortega''* Ruiz Soriano, Francisco. ''La poesía de Manuel Álvarez Ortega'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2013). ublished previously by Antelia, Madrid, 2009* Ruiz Soriano, Francisco. ''Aglae (1949–1953) de Manuel Álvarez Ortega, una revista de postguerra'' (Huerga y Fierro, Madrid, 2016)
* Sánchez Dueñas, Blas (ed.). ''Manuel Álvarez Ortega y su tiempo'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2018)
* Alarcón Sierra, Rafael (ed.). ''La poética de la modernidad y la obra de Manuel Álvarez Ortega'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2019)
* Torralbo Caballero, Juan de Dios (ed.). ''Manuel Álvarez Ortega. Traducción poética, lucidez, crítica social y denuncia'' (Devenir, Madrid, 2020)

Monographs in Journals

* Multiple authors. "Manuel Álvarez Ortega" (Coord. Marcos Ricardo Barnatán), ''Fablas. Revista de Poesía y Crítica'', no. 34–35, 1972.
* ''Antorcha de Paja'', ''Pliego de Poesía'', no. 3, Córdoba, Feb. 1974.
* ''Culturas'', newspaper supplement to ''Córdoba'', Córdoba, May 20, 1986.
* Multiple authors. "Manuel Álvarez Ortega" (Coord. Francisco Ruiz Soriano), ''Barcarola. Revista de Creación Literaria'', no. 58–59, 1999.
* Multiple authors. "Manuel Álvarez Ortega" ''(''Coord. Juan Pastor), ''La Manzana Poética'', no. 32, 2013.

Awards

* 1963 Runner-up, Premio Adonáis de Poesía for his book ''Invención de la muerte.''
* 1967 Premio Nacional de Traducción for his anthology ''Poesía francesa contemporánea.''
* 1976 Premio de la IV Bienal de Poesía de la Provincia de León, for his book ''Fiel Infiel.''
* 1978 Premio Ciudad de Irún, for ''Escrito en el Sur.''
* 1981 I Premio de Poesía Mística de la Fundación Fernando Rielo, Madrid, for ''Templo de mortalidad.''
* 1999 Premio de las Letras de Córdoba, from la Diputación de Córdoba.

Recognition

* 2001 Presentation of candidacy for the Nobel Prize by the University of St. Gallen. Proposal accepted by the Swedish Academy.
* 2003 Proposal of candidacy for the Nobel Prize by the Círculo de Bellas Artes. Proposal accepted by the Swedish Academy.
* 2007 Gold Medal of Andalusia (Medalla de Oro de Andalucía), by the Government of Andalusia (Junta de Andalucía).

Bibliography

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* Barnatán, Marcos Ricardo. "Álvarez Ortega: personalidad de un poeta", ''Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos'', no. 248–49, Madrid, Aug–Sept. 1970.
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Footnotes

External links

Official website of the Manuel Álvarez Ortega Foundation

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University of Seville alumni
20th-century Spanish poets
1923 births
2014 deaths
Spanish male poets