Description:
A study of all the lyrical work of Uruguay’s most important living poet who was awarded the Gran Premio Jose E. Rodo in 1987. Includes photos of her life, beginning at age five through 1991.

Idea Vilariño (1920) was born in Montevideo and, with the exception of brief professional trips and vacations, has always lived in Uruguay. Her longest visit abroad came in 1954 when she accompanied her sister to Sweden for medical treatment then stayed several months in France and Spain where she met many artists, among them, Pablo Neruda. In 1967 she travelled to Havana, Cuba and participated along with other distinguished poets in an homage to Ruben Darío. She returned to that city the following year as a member of the jury panel in poetry for Casa de las Americas competitions. Vilariño participated in the Universidad Catolica’s celebration of the centenary of Darío’s Azul in Santiago, Chile in 1988.

In recent years she has spoken at the Louvre in Paris, the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, and at conferences in Mexico, Peru, and Sweden. But mostly, she has spent her time writing poetry, songs, and literary criticism, and translating Shakespearean plays which have been staged in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. For many years she owned a small house on the beach in Las Toscas, Uruguay. That little hideaway, far from the bustle of the capital, had no electricity and relatively few other modern comforts but brought this writer inspiration and the solitude required for her work.
- From Introduction


CONTENTS:

Introduction......1

I. Contextualization......10

II. In Search of a Voice......42

III. Amorous Discourse......77

IV. Twisting Tradition......128

V. Language, Negation, Politics......157

Conclusions......188

Bibliography......194