Hugo Achugar
Hugo Achugar (born 1944 in Montevideo) is a professor emeritus at the University of Miami and a Uruguayan poet, essayist, and researcher.
Hugo Achugar

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- Birth Name
- Hugo Achugar Ferrari
- Born
- 23 January 1944
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Awards
- Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
- Occupation
- professor, writer, researcher
- Education
- Instituto de Profesores Artigas
- Full name
- Hugo José Achugar Ferrari.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Fields
- essay.
- Honours
- Legión del Libro Prize, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and Morosoli Award.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Hugo Achugar (born 1944 in Montevideo) is a professor emeritus at the University of Miami and a Uruguayan poet, essayist, and researcher.
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Biography
Hugo Achugar studied at Instituto de Profesores Artigas. The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are essay. Employment is recorded with University of Miami. Distinctions recorded are Legión del Libro Prize, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo and Morosoli Award.
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Key facts
• Birth Name — Hugo Achugar Ferrari • Born — 23 January 1944 • Birthplace — Montevideo, Uruguay • Awards — Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo • Occupation — professor, writer, researcher • Education — Instituto de Profesores Artigas
Biography
Biography
Achugar graduated from the Artigas Institute for Teachers (Instituto de Profesores Artigas) with a degree in literature and taught secondary education in Uruguay until he was dismissed by the Uruguayan dictatorship. He then relocated to Caracas, where he worked as a researcher for the Rómulo Gallegos Center for Latin American Studies. He has held professorships in Venezuela, the United States, and Uruguay. He currently teaches cultural policies at University of the Republic in Uruguay.
Poetry
Poetry
• El derrumbe (1968) • Con bigote triste (1971) • Mi país / mi casa (1973) • Textos para decir María (1976) • Seis mariposas tropicales (1986) • Las mariposas tropicales (1987) • Todo lo que es sólido se disuelve en el aire (1989) • Orfeo en el salón de la memoria (1991) • El cuerpo del Bautista (1996) • Hueso quevrado (2006) • "Incorrección" (2012) • "Los pasados del presente" (2016) • "Demoliciones" (2019)
Narrative
Narrative
• Cañas de la India (1995) (Con el heterónimo Juana Caballero) • Falsas memorias: Blanca Luz Brum (2000)
Discourses of the Self
Discourses of the Self
• Habla el Huérfano (2019)
Identity
Identity
Hugo Achugar is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded with the occupation literary critic. Classed in the genre essay. Recorded as writer, university teacher, literary critic, poet and novelist. Identity and origins. Recorded at birth as Hugo José Achugar Ferrari. He also worked under the name Juana Caballero. His recorded language was Spanish.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1944
Hugo Achugar was born on 23 January 1944.
Criticism
• Ideologías y estructuras narratives en José Donoso (1950-1970) (1979) • Poesía y sociedad (Uruguay, 1880-1911) (1986) • La balsa de la Medusa (1992) • La biblioteca en ruinas: reflexiones culturales desde la periferia (1994) • Planetas sin boca.Escritos efímeros sobre arte, cultura, y literature (2004) • "Piedra, papel o tijera. Sobre cultura y literatura en América Latina". (2020)
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