Enrique Amorim
Enrique Amorim (July 25, 1900 – July 28, 1960) was an Uruguayan novelist and writer, best known for his story Las quitanderas whose plot centers on rural prostitution; also known for his left-wing politics.
Enrique Amorim
Fotografía extraída del libro "Gran Enciclopedia Argentina". Autor: Diego Abad de Santillán. Ediar Soc Anon, de Editores. 1966, Buenos Aires, Argentina. · Public domain
- Born
- 1900. · Salto.
- Died
- 1960. · Salto.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, poet, novelist and screenwriter.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Enrique Amorim was born in Salto, Uruguay to parents who were wealthy cattle ranchers. His father was from a Portuguese background, his mother Basque. Amorim travelled extensively in Europe and Latin America, developing acquaintanceships and friendships with many of the leading literary figures of his time. He eventually had a house built in Salto, designed by Le Corbusier. In the 1920s Amorim wrote for the Argentine leftist magazine Los Pensadores and published with the press Claridad, both associated with the left-leaning Buenos Aires-based Boedo group. In 1947 Amorim officially joined the Communist Party of Uruguay. He was also responsible for the erection of a monument in Salto to commemorate Federico García Lorca, the poet and playwright killed by Francisco Franco's forces in the opening weeks of the Spanish Civil War. He is mentioned in Borges' story "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius".
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1900
Enrique Amorim born at Salto.
1960
Enrique Amorim died at Salto.
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- Enrique Amorim as an Interpreter of Rural Uruguay, Books Abroad, 1960
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