Ida Vitale
Ida Vitale (born 2 November 1923) is a Uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic.
Ida Vitale
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- Name
- Ida Vitale
- Born
- 2 November 1923
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Occupation
- literary critic, author, translator
- Spouse
- Enrique Fierro Ángel Rama
- Awards
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize Alfonso Reyes Prize Delmira Agustini Medal Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Fields
- poetry, literary criticism, translation from Italian and translation from French.
- Movements
- Generación del 45.
- Honours
- Reina Sofía Award, Alfonso Reyes International Prize, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Federico García Lorca International Poetry award, Max Jacob Prize and BBC 100 Women.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is poetry, literary criticism and translation from Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are literary criticism and essay. Residence is recorded at Montevideo and Austin. Distinctions recorded are Reina Sofía Award, Alfonso Reyes International Prize, Miguel de Cervantes Prize and Federico García Lorca International Poetry award.
La Generación del 45 en ocasión de la visita de Juan Ramón Jiménez. De izquerda a derecha, parados: Maria Zulema Silva Vila, Manuel Claps, Carlos Maggi, María Inés Silva Vila, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Idea Vilariño, Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Ángel Rama.
Ana Ines Larre Borges
La alcaldesa de Madrid, Manuela Carmena, ha participado esta tarde en la lectura continuada de ‘El Quijote’ que se celebra todos los años para conmemorar el Día Internacional del Libro. La escritora uruguaya Ida Vitale, Premio Cervantes 2018, ha sido la encargada de iniciar la lectura y le han sucedido el presidente en funciones de la Comunidad de Madrid, Pedro Rollán, el ministro de Cultura, José
Diario de Madrid · Diario de Madrid - La alcaldesa de Madrid participa en la lectura continuada de ‘El Quijote’
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ida Vitale • Born — 2 November 1923 • Birthplace — Montevideo, Uruguay • Language — Spanish • Occupation — literary critic, author, translator • Spouse — Enrique Fierro Ángel Rama • Children — Amparo, Claudio • Awards — Miguel de Cervantes Prize Alfonso Reyes Prize Delmira Agustini Medal Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
Life
Life
• Illustration — Vitale at the annual reading of Don Quixote in Madrid She played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement known as the 'Generation of 45': Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Ángel Rama (who also became her second husband), Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Líber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others. Vitale fled to Mexico City in 1973 for political asylum after a military junta took power in Uruguay. She resided in Austin, Texas until 2016, when she returned to Montevideo, where she currently resides. Vitale is the last surviving member of the Generation of 45. She is the recipient of multiple literary prizes and honors for the literary texts she has published. In 2019 she was awarded a Cervantes prize for her lifetime achievement. Vitale turned 100 in November 2023.
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External resources
Ida Vitale recorded for the Archive of Literature of the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on September 12, 1986. Ms. Vitale reads the following works from her anthology, Fieles: "Palabra dada", "Cada uno en su noche", "Oidor andante", "Jardín de sílice", "Hora nona", "Se noi siamo figure di specchio", and "Sueños de la constancia".
Identity
Identity
Ida Vitale is recorded as writer, literary critic, teacher, poet and translator.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1923
Ida Vitale born at Montevideo.
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Montevideo, Austin and Mexico City.
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Montevideo.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3076374: Ida Vitale
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- “Ida Vitale”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Ida Vitale, Women Writers of Latin America, 1991
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1991
Prizes and honors
• 2019, One of the BBC's 100 women • 2018, Miguel de Cervantes Prize • 2017, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo • 2016, Premio Internacional de Poesía Federico García Lorca • 2015, Premio Reina Sofía de poesía Iberoamericana • 2014, Alfonso Reyes Prize • 2010, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Doctor Honoris Causa) degree from la Universidad de la República de Uruguay. • 2009, Premio Octavio Paz.
Partial bibliography
• — (1953). Palabra dada. Montevideo: La Galatea. OCLC 9317153 • — (1960). Cada uno en su noche, poesía. Montevideo: Editorial Alfa. OCLC 4941102 • — (1968). La poesía de los años veinte. Montevideo, Uruguay: Centro Editor de América Latina. OCLC 684036 • — (1968). Fermentario Carlos Vaz Ferreira. Montevideo: Centro Editor de America Latina. OCLC 79919537 • — (1972). Oidor andante. [Montevideo]: Arca. OCLC 1399898 • — (1982). Fieles. Colección Cuadernos de poesía. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. • — (1984). Entresaca. México: Editoral Oasis. OCLC 60657853 • — (1988). Sueños de la constancia. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. • — (1992). Serie del sinsonte. Montevideo?: P.F.E. OCLC 47765264 • — (1994). Léxico de afinidades. México, D.F.: Editorial Vuelta. • — (1996). Donde vuela el camaleón. [Montevideo, Uruguay]: Vintén Editor. • — (1998). Procura de lo imposible. México: Fondo de cultura económica. • — (1998). De varia empresa. Caracas, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial Pequeña Venecia. • — & Sosa, V. (1998). Ida Vitale. Material de lectura, 196. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coordinación de difusión Cultural, Dirección de Literatura. • — (1999). Un invierno equivocado. México, D.F.: CIDCLI. • — (1999). La luz de esta memoria. Montevideo: La Galatea. • — (2002). Reducción del infinito. Barcelona: Tusquets Editores. • — (2003). De plantas y animales: acercamientos literarios. Paidós Amateurs, 10. México: Paidós. • — (2004). El abc de byobu. Ciudad de México: Taller Ditoria. • — (2005). Trema. Colección La Cruz del sur, 767. Valencia: Editorial Pre-Textos. • —, Pollack, S., & Vitale, I. (2007). Reason enough. Austin, TX: Host Publications. • -, Vitale, I. (2020) "Fortune" trans. Tanya Huntingdon, in The Women Writers Handbook. London: Aurora Metro Books. • — (2023). Time Without Keys: Selected Poems. Translated by Sarah Pollack. New York: New Directions.
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Ida Vitale worked in poetry, literary criticism, translation from Italian and translation from French. Her work is associated with Generación del 45. She worked at Montevideo, Austin and Mexico City. Vitale received Reina Sofía Award, Alfonso Reyes International Prize, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Federico García Lorca International Poetry award, Max Jacob Prize and BBC 100 Women.
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