Eugenio Montejo
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Eugenio Montejo (Caracas, 1938 - Valencia, June 5, 2008) was a Venezuelan poet and essay writer, founder of the Azar literary magazine and co-founder of Revista Poesía, a poetry magazine published by the University of Carabobo. He was researcher at the Centre for Latin American Studies "Romulo Gallegos" in Caracas, and collaborator in a large amount of national and international magazines. He received in 1998 Venezuela's National Prize for Literature and in 2004 the International Prize Octavio Paz of Poetry and Essay. One of his poems is quoted in the film 21 grams of Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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[edit] Poetic work
- Elegos (1967)
- Muerte y memoria (1972)
- Algunas palabras (1977)
- Terredad (1978)
- Trópico absoluto (1982)
- Alfabeto del mundo (1986)
- Adiós al Siglo XX (1992, 1997 a complete version)
- Chamario (2003, for children)
[edit] Essays
[edit] Translations
- The Trees (selected poems 1967-2004)
