Ricardo Molinari
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Ricardo Eufemio Molinari (March 23, 1898 – July 31, 1996) was an Argentine
poet
. Molinari was born in Buenos Aires
, and was orphaned when he was five, after which he then lived with his grandmother, Bartola Delgado de Molinari. He left his studies early to become a poet. Molinari's first work was El Imaginero (1927). He contributed to the avant-garde review Martín Fierro
, as did with other great Argentinian writers such as Jorge Luis Borges
. In 1933 he traveled to Spain where he met the members of the Generation of '27
. After he got married, he worked in the Congreso de la Nación until his retirement. He died in 1996. He was rewarded in 1958 with the Premio Nacional de Poesía for his work Unida Noche and became a member of the Academia Argentina de las Letras in 1968.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
. Molinari was born in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, and was orphaned when he was five, after which he then lived with his grandmother, Bartola Delgado de Molinari. He left his studies early to become a poet. Molinari's first work was El Imaginero (1927). He contributed to the avant-garde review Martín Fierro
Martín Fierro (magazine)
Martín Fierro was an Argentine literary magazine which appeared from February 1924 to 1927. It was founded by Evar Méndez , José B. Cairola, Leónidas Campbell, H. Carambat, Luis L. Franco, Oliverio Girondo, Ernesto Palacio, Pablo Rojas Paz, and Gastón O...
, as did with other great Argentinian writers such as Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
. In 1933 he traveled to Spain where he met the members of the Generation of '27
Generation of '27
The Generation of '27 was an influential group of poets that arose in Spanish literary circles between 1923 and 1927, essentially out of a shared desire to experience and work with avant-garde forms of art and poetry. Their first formal meeting took place in Seville in 1927 to mark the 300th...
. After he got married, he worked in the Congreso de la Nación until his retirement. He died in 1996. He was rewarded in 1958 with the Premio Nacional de Poesía for his work Unida Noche and became a member of the Academia Argentina de las Letras in 1968.
Major works
- Una rosa para Stefan George 1934
- El tabernáculo , 1937
- La corona, 1939
- El alejado, 1943
- Mundos de la madrugada, 1943
- Esta rosa oscura del aire, 1949
- Días donde la tarde es un pájaro, 1954
- Cinco canciones a una paloma que es el alma, 1955
- Oda a la pampa, 1956
- La hoguera transparente, 1970
- La escudilla, 1973