Líber Falco

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A portrait of Líber Falco

Líber Falco (1906–1955) was a Uruguayan poet.

Biography[]

Born on October 4, 1906 in the neighborhood of Villa Muñoz in Montevideo, Uruguay. 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 Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and the French writer, Romain Rolland.^[1] He died at the age of 49 on November 10, 1955.^[2] 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) ^[3]

He was a member of the 'Generation of 45', a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement: Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Ángel Rama, Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, , , Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, , Mario Benedetti, Ida Vitale, , Juan Carlos Onetti, among others.^[4]

Bibliography[]

• Cometa Sobre Los Muros (Kites on the Walls) (1940)
• Equis Andacalles (1942)
• Dias y Noches (Days and Nights) (1946)
• Time and time (1956)

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