Ida Vitale

Ida Vitale
Ida Vitale in 2022.
Born	(1923-11-02) 2 November 1923 (age 101) Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation	literary critic, author, translator
Language	Spanish
Notable awards	Miguel de Cervantes Prize Alfonso Reyes Prize Delmira Agustini Medal Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
Spouse	Enrique Fierro Ángel Rama
Children	Amparo, Claudio

Ida Vitale (born 2 November 1923) is a Uruguayan poet, translator, essayist, lecturer and literary critic.

Life

Vitale at the annual reading of Don Quixote in Madrid

She played an important role in the Uruguayan art movement known as the 'Generation of 45': Carlos Maggi, Manuel Flores Mora, Ángel Rama (who also became her second husband), Emir Rodríguez Monegal, Idea Vilariño, Carlos Real de Azúa, Carlos Martínez Moreno, Mario Arregui, Mauricio Muller, José Pedro Díaz, Amanda Berenguer, Tola Invernizzi, Mario Benedetti, Líber Falco, Juan Cunha, Juan Carlos Onetti, among others. ^[1]

Vitale fled to Mexico City in 1973 for political asylum after a military junta took power in Uruguay. She resided in Austin, Texas ^{[2] [3]} until 2016, when she returned to Montevideo, where she currently resides. ^[4] Vitale is the last surviving member of the Generation of 45. She is the recipient of multiple literary prizes and honors for the literary texts she has published. In 2019 she was awarded a Cervantes prize for her lifetime achievement. ^[5]

Vitale turned 100 in November 2023. ^[6]

Prizes and honors

• 2019, One of the BBC's 100 women ^[7]
• 2018, Miguel de Cervantes Prize
• 2017, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo
• 2016, Premio Internacional de Poesía Federico García Lorca
• 2015, Premio Reina Sofía de poesía Iberoamericana
• 2014, Alfonso Reyes Prize
• 2010, Honorary Doctor of Letters (Doctor Honoris Causa) degree from la Universidad de la República de Uruguay.
• 2009, Premio Octavio Paz. ^[3]

Partial bibliography

• — (1953). Palabra dada. Montevideo: La Galatea. OCLC 9317153
• — (1960). Cada uno en su noche, poesía. Montevideo: Editorial Alfa. OCLC 4941102
• — (1968). La poesía de los años veinte. Montevideo, Uruguay: Centro Editor de América Latina. OCLC 684036
• — (1968). Fermentario Carlos Vaz Ferreira. Montevideo: Centro Editor de America Latina. OCLC 79919537
• — (1972). Oidor andante. [Montevideo]: Arca. OCLC 1399898
• — (1982). Fieles. Colección Cuadernos de poesía. México, D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. ISBN   968-5804-06-0
• — (1984). Entresaca. México: Editoral Oasis. OCLC 60657853
• — (1988). Sueños de la constancia. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. ISBN   968-16-2953-1
• — (1992). Serie del sinsonte. Montevideo?: P.F.E. OCLC 47765264
• — (1994). Léxico de afinidades. México, D.F.: Editorial Vuelta. ISBN   968-6229-90-6
• — (1996). Donde vuela el camaleón. [Montevideo, Uruguay]: Vintén Editor. ISBN   9974-570-41-7
• — (1998). Procura de lo imposible. México: Fondo de cultura económica. ISBN   968-16-5475-7
• — (1998). De varia empresa. Caracas, Venezuela: Fondo Editorial Pequeña Venecia. ISBN   980-6315-53-7
• — & Sosa, V. (1998). Ida Vitale. Material de lectura, 196. México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Coordinación de difusión Cultural, Dirección de Literatura. ISBN   968-36-6259-5
• — (1999). Un invierno equivocado. México, D.F.: CIDCLI. ISBN   970-18-3258-2
• — (1999). La luz de esta memoria. Montevideo: La Galatea. ISBN   9974-570-68-9
• — (2002). Reducción del infinito. Barcelona: Tusquets Editores. ISBN   84-8310-818-6
• — (2003). De plantas y animales: acercamientos literarios. Paidós Amateurs, 10. México: Paidós. ISBN   968-853-521-4
• — (2004). El abc de byobu. Ciudad de México: Taller Ditoria. ISBN   970-93383-3-1
• — (2005). Trema. Colección La Cruz del sur, 767. Valencia: Editorial Pre-Textos. ISBN   84-8191-696-X
• —, Pollack, S., & Vitale, I. (2007). Reason enough. Austin, TX: Host Publications. ISBN   978-0-924047-42-8
• -, Vitale, I. (2020) "Fortune" trans. Tanya Huntingdon, in The Women Writers Handbook. London: Aurora Metro Books. ISBN   978-1912430338
• — (2023). Time Without Keys: Selected Poems. Translated by Sarah Pollack. New York: New Directions. ISBN   0811231925

External resources

Ida Vitale recorded for the Archive of Literature of the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., on September 12, 1986. Ms. Vitale reads the following works from her anthology, Fieles: "Palabra dada", "Cada uno en su noche", "Oidor andante", "Jardín de sílice", "Hora nona", "Se noi siamo figure di specchio", and "Sueños de la constancia".

See also

• Latin American Literature

References

1. Generación del 45: severa en la crítica y brillante en la creación. Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
2. Vitale, I. "Reason Enough", Host Publications 2007
3. Albarracín, Jesús. Ida Vitale gana el Premio Internacional de Poesía Federico García Lorca, El País (Granada), 13 October 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017
4. Ida Vitale: "La poesía es para todos, no puede ser especializada o recóndita"
5. "Ida Vitale, premio Cervantes 2018". El País (in Spanish). 15 November 2018. ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 15 November 2018.
6. "Ida Vitale cumple 100 años: las claves de la poeta uruguaya". El Español (in Spanish). 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
7. "BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list this year?". BBC News. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2022.