Pilar Barrios
Illustration — Pilar Barrios in 1948 Pilar Barrios (1889–1974) was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay and one of the founders of the Partido Autóctono Negro. He demonstrated in his poetry an understanding of the class-based racism in his society, and expressed hope that this could be overturned by the development of a racial consciousness (awareness of negritud) and renovation of education. He was optimistic in regards to this project, because he believed in the fundamental equality of people and races, as he expressed in his poems.
Pilar Barrios
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- Born
- 1889 · Rocha Department.
- Died
- 1974 · Montevideo.
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Occupation
- politician · writer · poet
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Pilar Barrios in 1948 Pilar Barrios (1889–1974) was an important poet of the black community of Uruguay and one of the founders of the Partido Autóctono Negro. He demonstrated in his poetry an understanding of the class-based racism in his society, and expressed hope that this could be overturned by the development of a racial consciousness (awareness of negritud) and renovation of education. He was optimistic in regards to this project, because he believed in the fundamental equality of people and races, as he expressed in his poems.
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Born at Rocha Department in 1889, died in Montevideo in 1974.
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