Biography
Concepción Silva Bélinzon was born in Montevideo in1900 and died in 1987.
She published more than fourteen books, won several national poetry prizes, and received international acclamation from writers such as Max Aub, Marosa di Giorgio, Oliverio Girondo, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jules Supervielle, and Antonio de Undurraga; she was also nominated for the Literature Nobel Prize in 1974. Nevertheless, in spite of such acclaim, her work has not yet received critical attention, especially in her own country. her "minor" poetry was quickly overlooked and forgotten. Her writing still provokes divided opinions amongst Uruguayan intellectuals.
She published more than fourteen books, won several national poetry prizes, and received international acclamation from writers such as Max Aub, Marosa di Giorgio, Oliverio Girondo, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jules Supervielle, and Antonio de Undurraga; she was also nominated for the Literature Nobel Prize in 1974. Nevertheless, in spite of such acclaim, her work has not yet received critical attention, especially in her own country. her "minor" poetry was quickly overlooked and forgotten. Her writing still provokes divided opinions amongst Uruguayan intellectuals.
Books by Concepción Silva Bélinzon
Llamarlo y despedirlo
Llamarlo y despedirlo
Sagrada cantidad
Sagrada cantidad
Al oido del hombre
Al oido del hombre
El más justo llamó
El más justo llamó
Me espera el mundo entero
Me espera el mundo entero
La ciudad invisible
Amor no amado
Amor no amado
El plantador de pinos
El plantador de pinos
El regreso de la samaritana
El regreso de la samaritana