Carmen Berenguer
Carmen Berenguer (9 September 1946 – 16 May 2024) was a Chilean poet, essayist, audio-visual artist, editor and journalist. Berenguer was the first Chilean awarded the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.
Carmen Berenguer
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- Born
- 1946 · Santiago.
- Died
- 2024 · Santiago.
- Nationality
- Chile
- Occupation
- poet · artist
- Fields
- poetry
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Carmen Berenguer (9 September 1946 – 16 May 2024) was a Chilean poet, essayist, audio-visual artist, editor and journalist. Berenguer was the first Chilean awarded the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.
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Carmen Berenguer (1946–2024) was an artist and poet, of Chilean nationality. The artist was born and died in Santiago. Activity centred on poetry.
The work spans poetry. Languages used include Spanish. Works are held at Memoria Chilena. Honours include Guggenheim Fellowship and Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is poetry. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry. Work by Carmen Berenguer is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.
Her poetry has been gathered in several anthologies and she was an editor of various publications: Hoja X Ojo, 1984; and Al Margen, 1986. In 2008, Berenguer became the first Chilean to win the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award. On 16 May 2024, Berenguer died aged 78 at the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica, Santiago.
Collaborations
Collaborations
Women's Literature Congress, organizer, Chile, 1987. Poetry International Festival with La reconstrucción del tiempo (Time's Reconstruction), organised by Sergio Badilla Castillo and Sun Axelsson, Stockholm, 1989. Delito y Traición, documentary, National Congress of Chile, 2003.
Works
Works
Bobby Sands desfallece en el muro (1983) Huellas de siglo (1986) A media asta (1988) Sayal de pieles (1993) Naciste pintada (1999) La gran hablada (2002) Chiiit, son las ventajas de la escritura, (2008) Mama Marx, (2009) Maravillas pulgares, (2009) Maravillas pulgares, (2012) Venid a verme ahora, (2012) Mi Lai, (2015)
La poeta chilena Carmen Berenguer durante un recital con la música Carolina Jerez en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago 2015
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La poeta chilena Carmen Berenguer durante un recital con la música Carolina Jerez en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago 2015
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1946
Carmen Berenguer born at Santiago.
2024
Carmen Berenguer died at Santiago.
Awards
Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award, 2008
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- 1.Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Carmen Berenguer (1946-2024). Memoria Chilena.
- 2.Library of Congress. Berenguer, Carmen. Library of Congress Name Authority File. 2025.
- 3.Retamal N., Pablo. Muere Carmen Berenguer, destacada poeta nacional. La Tercera. Copesa. 16 May 2024.
- 4.Valderrama, Carlos. Opiniones: Carmen Berenguer, ganadora del Premio Pablo Neruda 2008. La Ventana. Casa de las Américas. 17 March 2008.
- 5.Copesa. Carmen Berenguer, nuevo Premio Iberoamericano de Poesía Pablo Neruda. La Tercera. 30 July 2008.
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