Amanda Berenguer

She is remembered as a member of the Generation of 45, a Uruguayan intellectual and literary movement Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, ngel Rama, Emir Rodrguez Monegal, Idea Vilario, Carlos Real de Aza, Carlos Martnez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, Jos Pedro Daz, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Ida Vitale, Lber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others.

She was born in Montevideo. Quehaceres e Invenciones brought Berenguer sudden fame and praise, emboldening her search for new poetic structures to express her unique vision of art and the world. In 1986 she received the Reencuentro de Poesa prize from the University of the Republic, Uruguay for her work Los signos sobre la mesa. Ante mis hermanos supliciados. La dama de Elche received first prize in the poetry category from the Uruguayan Ministry of Education and Culture. The second edition of La dama de Elche, published in 1990, won the Bartolom Hidalgo Prize, issued by the Uruguayan Book Chamber. She has been married to writer Jos Pedro Daz since 1944.

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