Luis Oyarzún
Luis Oyarzún Peña was a Chilean writer and aesthetician. In his youth he studied law and philosophy at the University of Chile. Later he went to London to study aesthetics.
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Luis Oyarzún
- Birth Name
- Luis Oyarzún Peña
- Born
- 14 November 1920
- Birthplace
- Santa Cruz, Chile
- Died
- 26 November 1972
- Place of death
- Valdivia, Chile
- Occupation
- Writer, poet, aesthetician, philosopher
- Awards
- Premio Atenea (1953) Premio Municipal de Poesía (1959)
- Nationality
- Chile
- Education
- University of Chile · Internado Nacional Barros Arana
- Honours
- Atenea Award
- Languages
- Spanish
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Oyarzún was part of the Generation of '38. For his poetry collection Mediodía published in 1958 he received in 1959 the Premio Municipal de Poesía. In 1971 he moved to Valdivia where he was made professor in aesthetics in the Austral University of Chile. He died in 1972 as result of a massive hemorrhage. Two posthumous original works of Oyarzún have been published: Defensa de la tierra and Meditaciones estéticas.
Luis Oyarzún studied at University of Chile and Internado Nacional Barros Arana. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with University of Chile. Work by Luis Oyarzún is recorded in the collections of Memoria Chilena. Distinctions recorded are Atenea Award.
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• Birth Name — Luis Oyarzún Peña • Born — 14 November 1920 • Birthplace — Santa Cruz, Chile • Died — 26 November 1972 • Place of death — Valdivia, Chile • Occupation — Writer, poet, aesthetician, philosopher • Language — Spanish • Notable Works — * Las murallas del sueño (1940) • Mediodía (1958) • Temas de la cultura chilena (1967) • Awards — Premio Atenea (1953) Premio Municipal de Poesía (1959)
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- 1.Luis Oyarzún Peña (1920-1972), portal Memoria Chilena; acceso 11.08.2011
- 2.Santiago Aránguiz Pinto. Taken for a ride. Escritura de paso de Luis Oyarzún: 'La vida, una eternidad inasible, Acta Literaria Nº34, 2007, Concepción; acceso 11.08.2011
- 3.«Premios Municipales de Literatura» , Cámara Chilena del Libro, 27.06.2014; acceso 02.02.2020
- 4.Académicos de número por orden de sillón; acceso 11.08.2011
- 5.Omar Lara. La Revista 'Trilce' y la poesía chilena en la década de los 60. Aportes y aperturas, Ómnibus Nº30, enero 2010; acceso 11.08.2011
- 6.Leonidas Morales. El 'Diario' de Luis Oyarzún; Revista Chilena de Literatura Nº45, 1994; acceso 11.08.2011
- 7.Semblanza de Luis Oyarzún , entrevista hecha a su hermano Fernando por los profesores Freddy Fortoul y Ricardo Molina, Revista Austral de Ciencias Sociales, N°6, 2002; acceso 11.08.2011
- 8.Casa Luis Oyarzún, portal de la Dirección de Vinculación con el Medio de la Universidad Austral de Chile; acceso 11.08.2011
- 9.Dirección de Administración de Educación Municipal de Santa Cruz; acceso 11.08.2011
- 10.Paul Dassori. Nodo: El Tulípero de don Luis Oyarzún (4343833450).
- 11.El árbol de los tulipanes.
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