Matilde Bianchi

Maria Matilde Bianchi Prada (26 May 1927 – 1991) was a Uruguayan writer.

Matilde Bianchi
BornMaria Matilde Bianchi Prada
26 May 1927[1]
Montevideo
Died1991
OccupationWriter
NationalityUruguayan

Early life

Bianchi was born in Montevideo, the daughter of Bervano Bianchi and Noemí Prada.[1][2]

She first gained notice at the age of 20 with her short story "La muerte de Gustavo Dávila". Soon after, she went to Salamanca in Spain for higher studies. Her debut collection of poems "Cenit bárbaro" won the Premio de Poesía del Ministerio de Instrucción Pública in 1954.[3]

Biography

She was a Spanish studies professor and worked as a literacy and dance critic.[4] In 1954 she was granted by the Universidad de Salamanca to continue her postgraduate studies.

Due to Che Guevara's death in 1967, she read a poem Cantar del Ché in his memory. In 1973 she travelled to Spain, living in Madrid in 1976 and returning to Uruguay in 1982. Along with other Latin Americans writers funded the "Fabro", a literacy club, and directed the Poetry Workshop of the Institute of Integral Education of Madrid, and wrote for the newspaper El Pueblo.[5]

She was jury of several literary contests and wrote for Spanish magazines as Ínsula, La Pluma, Zikurat y Triunfo[6]

She died from complications from asthma in 1991.[7]

Works

Poetry
  • Cenit bárbaro (1954)
  • Cantar del Che (1967)
  • Los Tangos de Troilo (1969)
  • Adiós a la sopa de cebolla (1971)
  • No habrá más pena ni olvido (1979)
  • Violetera de playa (1984)
  • Déjame caer como una sombra (1985)
  • Aquendelmar (1989)
  • Razones de amor (1990)

Narrative
  • Marcha y contramarcha (1963)
  • Originales y fotocopias (1982)
  • A la gran muñeca (1989)

Awards
  • Premio de Instrucción Pública (Uruguay) (1954) por Cenit bárbaro
  • Mención de la Sociedad Uruguaya de Autores por Marcha y contramarcha

References
  1. "Maria Matilde Bianchi Prada". Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  2. Peruchena, Lourdes (2005). "La voz a ti debida. La poesía de Matilde Bianchi desde una perspectiva de género en la reconstrucción de la historia reciente en Uruguay". X Jornadas Interescuelas (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  3. Profile
  4. Quién fue quién en la cultura uruguaya. Ediciones de la Plaza. 1998.
  5. Scott, Renee (2002). Escritoras uruguayas: una antología crítica. Trilce.
  6. Rela, Walter (1992). Diccionario de escritores uruguayos. Ediciones de la Plaza.
  7. "Matilde Bianchi". Mujeres Que Hacen La Historia - Breves Biografias: Siglo XX (in Spanish). 12 October 2008. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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