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Eliseo Diego

エリセオ・ディエゴ

Eriseo Diego

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1920-07-02 (Havana)
Died
1994-03-01 (Mexico City) age 73
Nationality
Cuba
Languages
Spanish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Havana, Cuba → Mexico City, Mexico

Career

Occupations
Poet, Professor
Active Years
1942-1994

Education

University of Havana
Country: Cuba

Awards

Máximo Gorki Award
1979
Work: Spanish versions of poems by great Russian writers
Organization: Cuba
Result: 受賞
Premio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba
1986
Organization: Government of Cuba
Result: 受賞
International Award for Latin American and Caribbean Literature Juan Rulfo
1993
Organization: Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

En las Oscuras Manos del Olvido

1942 Poetry

First collection of poetry, 'In the Dark Hands of Forgetting'.

Forgetting

En la calzada de Jesús del Monte

1949 Poetry

Notable work of poetry.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lyric poetryPoems based on fairy tales
Recurring Motifs
Fairy talesLyricism

Legacy

Cuban poet praised for his lyric poetry and short stories. Contributed to literacy education post-Cuban Revolution using fairy tales. Father of writer Eliseo Alberto.

Archives

  • Eliseo Diego Papers (University of Texas)

Trivia

  • Member of the Cuban literary group Orígenes.
  • Translator of fairy tales.