The versatile writer born in Uruguay had to work from a very young age to be able to contribute to the family economy.
Mario Benedetti, in addition to being a writer, was a salesman, cashier, stenographer and even an accountant for the Will L. Smith automobile parts company, where he worked from the age of 14 until 5 years later he moved to Buenos Aires, where he also did a bit of everything.
In Argentina He discovered his interest in poetry through Baldomero Fernández Moreno. However, he returned to Montevideo in 1941 (just two years later) and obtained a position as a civil servant in the National Accounting Office. There, from 1945, he joined the editorial staff of the weekly “Marcha”, an important forum for reflection and analysis of the culture of the River Plate region.
Benedetti and Alegre
The life of Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan writer who gave us a universe of stories
Born on September 14, 1920, in the city of Paso de los Toros, located in the department of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. He completed his studies at the German School, and continued at the Liceo Miranda, where he completed his secondary studies incompletely because at the age of At the age of 14 he had to start working to help his family.
In In 1945, he also wrote his first book of poems, “The Indelible Eve.” A year later he married Luz López Alegre, his great love. In 1948 his first essay, “Peripecia y Novela”, appeared, and the following year his first book of short stories, “Esta mañana”, with which he won the Ministry of Public Education Prize, which he would later win on more occasions.
Despite being well received by critics, most of his novels went somewhat unnoticed by the general public, until He published “Cuentos Montevideanos” in 1959 and was finally consecrated with “La Tregua” in 1960. He also played an important role in the struggle for human rights and workers’ rights in general.
Mario Benedetti died on May 17, 2009 at his home in Montevideo at the age of 88.
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