Eduardo Barrios
Eduardo Barrios was a Chilean writer and poet born in Valparaíso on October 25, 1884 and died in Santiago on September 13, 1963.[1]
Overview[]
After his father's death, at the age of 5 his family moved to Lima until the age of 15. After high school he joined the but quit before graduating as an officer. He spent much of his young adulthood travelling throughout Latin America doing a colorful array of jobs to earn a living.[2] By 1915 he was back in Chile working for a variety of newspapers and magazines, including La Mañana, Zig Zag, and . From 1925 to 1959 he held various positions in government, museums and the local Press. He was elected to the Chilean, Argentinian and the Brazilian Academy of Writers. He obtained the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1946.
Bibliography[]
- Del natural, cuento, 1907
- Mercedes en el tiempo, teatro, 1910
- Lo que niega la vida y por el decoro, teatro, 1913
- El niño que enloqueció de amor, novela, 1915
- Vivir, teatro, 1916
- Un Perdido, novela, 1917
- Papá y mamá, cuento, 1920
- El Hermano Asno, novela, 1922
- Páginas de un pobre diablo, cuento, 1923
- Y la vida sigue, novela, 1925
- Tamarugal, novela 1944
- Teatro escogido, 1947
- Gran Señor y Rajadiablos, novela, 1948
- Los Hombres del Hombre, 1950
References[]
- ^ "Barrios, Eduardo", in Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater, Eladio Cortâes and Mirta Barrea Marlys, eds. (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003) p. 102
- ^ "Eduardo Barrios | Chilean writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
Further reading[]
- Davison, Ned J. (1971). Eduardo Barrios. Twayne Publishing[ISBN missing]
External links[]
- [1] escritores.cl
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