Tomás Segovia
Tomás Segovia Tomás Segovia (21 May 1927 – 7 November 2011) was a Mexican author, translator and poet of Spanish origin. He was born in Valencia, Spain, and studied in France and Morocco. He went into exile to Mexico, where he taught at the Colegio de México and other universities.
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Tomás Segovia
- Born
- 1927 · Valencia.
- Died
- 2011 · Mexico City.
- Nationality
- Mexico · Spain
- Occupation
- writer · translator · teacher · novelist · poet
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · Mexican poetry · translation from French · translation into Spanish
- Education
- Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and UNAM
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship · Xavier Villaurrutia Award · FIL Award · honorary doctor of Paris 8 University
- Languages
- Spanish · French
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Tomás Segovia Tomás Segovia (21 May 1927 – 7 November 2011) was a Mexican author, translator and poet of Spanish origin. He was born in Valencia, Spain, and studied in France and Morocco. He went into exile to Mexico, where he taught at the Colegio de México and other universities.
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Segovia founded the publication Presencia (1946), was director of La Revista Mexicana de Literatura (1958–1963), formed part of the magazine Plural, and collaborated in Vuelta. He was married to the writer Inés Arredondo from 1953 to 1965. At the time of his death he resided in Madrid, Spain.
Tomás Segovia studied at Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, UNAM. The recorded working language is Spanish and French. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, Mexican poetry and translation from French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are essay. Employment is recorded with National Autonomous University of Mexico. Work by Tomás Segovia is recorded in the collections of Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Xavier Villaurrutia Award, FIL Award and honorary doctor of Paris 8 University.
His work as a poet is not separate from his literary criticism and works of translation. Notable books of poetry include La luz provisional (1950), El sol y su eco (1960), Anagnórisis (1967), Figura y secuencias (1979) and Cantata a solas (1985). Prose works include: Contracorrientes (1973), Poética y profética (1986) and Alegatorio.
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Valencia.
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Mexico City.
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• La primera segunda matriz (1972). Mexican filmmaker Alfredo Gurrola made this critically acclaimed short film based on Segovia's poem of the same name. The film includes narration by Juan José Gurrola, images of the Avándaro festival and music by avant-garde composers Ligeti, Stockhausen, Luigi Nono among others.
Awards
Segovia won the Xavier Villaurrutia Prize in 1972, the Juan Rulfo Prize in 2005, and the García Lorca International Poetry Prize in 2008. In honour of the poet, in August 2012, the National Council for Culture and Arts (Conaculta) announced the US$ 100,000 Tomás Segovia Literary Translation Prize, to be awarded in alternating years for the best translation into Spanish or from Spanish.
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- 1.Adiós a Michèle Albán.
- 2.Fallece el poeta español Tomás Segovia a los 84 años de edad
- 3.Muere a los 84 años el poeta Tomás Segovia
- 4.Javier Rodríguez Marcos. Muere a los 84 años el poeta Tomás Segovia.
- 5.El Sinaia y el exilio republicano español.
- 6.Tomás Segovia, reseña biográfica.
- 7.BIBLIOTECA VIRTUAL MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, 8 de noviembre de 2011
- 8.Premio Xavier Villaurrutia.
- 9.Sánchez, Nelly. Tomás Segovia:‘La poesía es mi destino’.
- 10.EFE. Tomás Segovia, "consagrado" con Premio García Lorca.
- 11.Winston Manrique Sabogal. Tomás Segovia y Martínez de Pisón, premios de la Crítica, El País, 22.04.2012; acceso 24.04.2012
- 12.Boersner, Juliana. Tomás Segovia gana el Premio García Lorca de Poesía.
- 13.Hamlet y el verso en español. Alrededor de la traducción de Tomás Segovia.
- 14.De eso se trata.
- 15.AMP Blog: Muere Tomás Segovia (poeta y traductor de Lacan).
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