Javier de Viana
Illustration — Javier de Viana. Javier de Viana (5 August 1868 – 5 October 1926) was a Uruguayan writer.
Javier de Viana
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- Born
- 1868. · Canelones.
- Died
- 1926. · Montevideo.
- Nationality
- Uruguay.
- Occupation
- writer, journalist, politician, playwright, chronicler and novelist.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Background
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He was identified with the strongly rurally based National Party (Uruguay), and, because of his involvement in the intermittent Civil War which ended only in 1904, de Viana was forced into exile in Argentina for a number of years.
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Javier de Viana (5 August 1868 – 5 October 1926) was a writer, novelist, playwright, “Chronist” and journalist. Javier de Viana was born on 5 August 1868 in Canelones. Javier de Viana died on 5 October 1926 in Montevideo.
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The northern Uruguayan town of Javier de Viana, situated in Artigas Department, is named after the writer.
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Canelones.
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Montevideo.
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Writings
He wrote a number of works with rural life as theme. These works include: Gaucha (1899), Gurí (1901), and Yuyos (1912), in addition to short stories. Among the international compilations in which his work has been included and become more widely known beyond his homeland is: José Sanz y Díaz ed., Antología de Cuentistas Hispanoamericanos, Madrid: Colección Crisol, 1945.
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- 1.El libro de los linajes No 2.
- 2.Vida y obra de Javier de Viana.
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