Defensa Propia: 60 Poemas y 85 Bagatelas

by Mario Benedetti

Rare book

143 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2004

About the author

Mario Benedetti (full name: Mario Orlando Hamlet Hardy Brenno Benedetti Farugia) was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. Despite publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the English-speaking world. He is considered one of Latin America's most important 20th-century writers.

Benedetti was a member of the 'Generation of 45', a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement and also wrote in the famous weekly Uruguayan newspaper Marcha from 1945 until it was forcibly closed by the military government in 1973, and was its literary director from 1954. From 1973 to 1985 he lived in exile, and returned to Uruguay in March 1983 following the restoration of democracy.

Reviews

[Dominika Tesařová · Rating 4 out of 5]

„Las palabras son dueñas del espacio”

Esta colección de poesía es un testimonio de amor y la tristeza del mundo. Benedetti ha escrito algo que siempre será aquí, presente y vivo

[La Lectora · Rating 4 out of 5]

No es el libro favorito que más me ha gustado de este autor pero tiene capítulos preciosos.Le recomiendo sin duda!

[Martu Bonin · Rating 4 out of 5]

la eterna dualidad entre la belleza y la tristeza de la vida misma.

[Olatz Ocáriz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Las bagatelas han sido extraordinarias

[Del Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

No es mi favorito pero hay cosas muy bonitas en este libro, en especial las bagatelas.