Biographical Overview & Key Facts

Subject:

Mario Benedetti

Role / Field:

Pioneering Uruguayan writer, poet, and journalist of the 20th century.

Born:

1920-09-14

Died:

2009-05-17

Century / Era:

1920s Historical Era

Database Source:

2Day Chrono-Wiki & Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Origins & Early Life

Mario Benedetti Farrugia (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾjo βeneˈðeti] ; 14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet and an integral member of the Generación del 45. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages, he was not well known in the English-speaking world. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is considered one of Latin America's most important writers of the latter half of the 20th century. Benedetti was born 1920 in Paso de los Toros in the Uruguayan Tacuarembó Department to Brenno Benedetti, a pharmaceutical and chemical winemaker, and Matilde Farrugia, both of Italian descent.

Pivotal Works & Achievements

Two years later, they moved to Tacuarembó, the capital city of the departament, and shortly after that his father tried to buy a business but was cheated and went into bankruptcy, so they moved to Montevideo, the capital city of the country, where they lived in difficult economic conditions. Mario completed six years of primary school at the Deutsche Schule Montevideo, where he learned German, which later allowed him to be the first translator of Franz Kafka in Uruguay. His father immediately removed him from...

Enduring Legacy & Impact

The historical impact and works continue to influence the modern world.

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