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Gonzalo Rojas (Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro)

Last Updated: 12 Dec, 2023 | Views: 471

Age: 94

Profession: Poet

Famous For: Editor of the magazine Antarctica

Higher Education: University of Chile

Gonzalo Rojas Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

20 Dec, 1916 (94 Years 04 Months 5 Days)

Birth Country

Chile

Birth Place

Lebu

Birth Sign

Sagittarius

Religion

Spiritism

Nationalities

Chilean

Died on

25 Apr, 2011

Cause of Death

Stroke

Gonzalo Rojas Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro was born on December 20, 1916, and died on April 25, 2011. He was a Chilean poet. In the twentieth century, his work contributed to Latin America's continuing avant-garde literary tradition. In 2003, he won the Cervantes Prize. He was born in the port town of Lebu, Chile, to a coal miner's son and a coal engineer's daughter. He worked as an editor for an Antarctica magazine in Santiago de Chile and as a lecturer for the University of Valparaiso during his youth.
Career:
1938-1941: Enrique Gómez Correa, Braulio Arenas, Teófilo Cid, and Enrique Gómez Correa formed the surrealist group Mandrágora.
1948: His first book of poetry was published in Santiago.
1952: A professorship at the University of Concepción was awarded to him after he had finally earned his degree.
1980 to 1985: Gonzalo taught at Columbia University and the University of Chicago.
1985 to 1994: Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro taught at Brigham Young University.
1980: Gonzalo held visiting professorships at Columbia University
1985: Gonzalo held visiting professorships at the University of Chicago.
1985 to 1994: Gonzalo was a professor at Brigham Young University.
Other Works:
1948: La miseria del hombre
1964: Contra la muerte
1977: Oscuro
1979: Transtierro
1981: Del relámpago
1982: 50 poemas
1986: El alumbrado
1988: Antología personal
1988: Materia de testamento
1991: Antología de aire
1990: Desocupado lector
Awards:
Chilean National Prize for Literature
Queen Sofia Prize of Iberian American Poetry
Octavio Paz prize of Mexico
José Hernández prize of Argentina
Cervantes Prize
Death:
Rojas died on April 25, 2011, after suffering a stroke earlier in the year. In Chillan, Chile, two days of mourning were declared by the government.