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Roque Esteban Scarpa Straboni

ロケ エステバン スカールパ ストラボニ

Roque Esteban Scarpa Straboni

Aliases: Roque Scarpa

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-03-26 (Punta Arenas)
Died
1995-01-11 (Santiago) age 80
Nationality
Chilean
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Punta Arenas, Chile → Santiago, Chile

Career

Occupations
writer, literary critic, scholar
Active Years
1935-1995
Affiliations
University of Chile, Catholic University of Chile, National Library of Chile, Chilean Academy of Language
Memberships
Chilean Academy of Language

Awards

Chilean National Prize for Literature
1980
Organization: Government of Chile
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dos poetas españoles: Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti

1935 Literary criticism

Mortal mantenimiento

1942 Poetry

Cancionero de Hammud

1942 Poetry

Luz de ayer (poesía 1940-45)

1951 Poetry

Thomas Mann. Una personalidad en una obra

1961 Biography

El laberinto sin muros

1981 Poetry

Bibliography

  • Dos poetas españoles: Federico García Lorca, Rafael Alberti
  • Mortal mantenimiento
  • Cancionero de Hammud
  • Luz de ayer (poesía 1940-45)
  • Thomas Mann. Una personalidad en una obra
  • Una mujer nada de tonta
  • El árbol deshojado de sonrisas
  • No tengo tiempo: (poesía 1976)
  • La desterrada en su patria: Gabriela Mistral en Magallanes: 1918-1920
  • El laberinto sin muros

Legacy

A prominent Chilean writer, literary critic, and scholar who won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1980. Of Croatian and Corsican descent, he was a key member of the Chilean Academy of Language.

Trivia

  • Of Croatian and Corsican descent.
  • Founded the Teatro de Ensayo of the Catholic University of Chile in 1943.
  • Served as director of the National Library of Chile (1967–1971 and 1973–1977).