José Santos González Vera ( November 2, 1897 - February 27, 1970 ) is a Chilean writer and literary critic. Winner of the 1950 National Chile Prize for Literature .
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| Date of Birth | November 2, 1897 |
| Place of Birth | El Monte , Chile |
| Date of death | February 27, 1970 (72 years) |
| Place of death | Santiago , Chile |
| Citizenship |  |
| Occupation | prose writer |
| Language of Works | Spanish |
| Awards | Chilean National Literature Prize |
| Awards | Chilean National Prize for Literature ( 1950 ) |
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Biography
He studied at the Lyceum Valentin Letelliere in Santiago , did not finish his studies, leaving the Lyceum, earning a living working as an artist's apprentice, waiter, hairdresser, foundry worker, clerk, etc. in Valparaiso .
I got carried away by the ideas of anarchism . At the age of about 20 years became interested in literature. He became acquainted with the works of Maxim Gorky and the anarchist theorist Peter Kropotkin .
He became the founder and co-editor of the magazine La Pluma y Numen , collaborated with the newspaper of the Federation of Student Youth at the University of Chile , the magazine Atenea .
Creativity
The author of the novel “Alué” (1928, Russian translation of 1974), the autobiographical short story “When I was a Boy” (1956), the collection of short stories “Invisible Lives” (1923), the collection of essays “Eutrapelia” (1955), and the short stories “Copy and other originals ”(1961),“ Fear of loneliness ”, essay -“ Some ”(1959).
Selected Works
- El conventillo, 1918
- Vidas mínimas, 1923
- Alhué, 1928
- Cuando era muchacho, 1951
- Eutrapelia, 1955
- Algunos 1959
- La copia y otros originales, 1961
- Necesidad de compañía, 1968
- Letras anarquistas, 2005
- Obras completas, 2 volumes, 2013.
Literature
- Literary encyclopedic dictionary. - M .: Soviet encyclopedia. Edited by V. M. Kozhevnikov, P. A. Nikolayev. 1987
Links
- José Santos González Vera (1897–1970) (Spanish)