Carlos Pezoa Véliz
Carlos Pezoa Véliz | |
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Santiago, Chile | |
Occupation | Poet, Journalist |
Literary movement | Modernismo, Postmodern literature |
Notable works | Alma chilena, Las campanas de oro, Cuentos y Artículos |
Carlos Pezoa Véliz (July 21, 1879 – April 21, 1908) was a
Biography
Family and youth
Pezoa Véliz was born in
Literary career
His
During his lifetime his body of work was published in journals and periodical publications which were compiled in 1911 - four years after the poet's death - by Ernesto Montenegro under the title of Alma Chilena (The Chilean Soul) – the name of one of Pezoa Véliz's most renowned and cited poem. Subsequently, in 1927, Armando Donoso published a new book including new poems, short stories and journalistic articles under the title Campanas de Oro (The Golden Chimes), which were later on broadened by Nicomedes Guzman in his Antología de Carlos Pezoa Véliz (Anthology of Carlos Pezoa Véliz) (1957; 2 ed 1966).
A poet representative of the roots and voice of the
At the end of the 19th century, he began to publish poems and chronicles on the El búcaro santiaguino, which he did whilst he was a teacher at the San Fidel School, a position from where he was ultimately fired for his intensely
His major literary influences were
These publications appeared regularly in the press and began to give him notoriety in literary and social circles. This notoriety earned him the a prominent position in the Ateneo de Santiago. Later on he was designated Municipal Secretary of Viña del Mar, a city that with Valparaíso played a fundamental role in his cultural and personal life. He continued publishing poetry, verse and narratives in the magazine La lira chilena (The Chilean lyric poem), Pluma y lapis (Writer and pen) and Luz y sombra (Light and shadow) inter alia. From anthologies compiled posthumously, including El perro vagabundo (The vagabond dog), Nada (Nothing), El pintor pereza (The idle painter), El organillo (The Hand Organ) inter alia, remain his most acclaimed poems.
Literary publications
- Alma chilean (1911)
- Las campanas de oro (1920)
- Cuentos y Artículos (1927)
- La lira chilena
- Pluma y lapis
- Luz y sombra
- El perro vagabundo
- Nada
- El pintor pereza
- El organillo
- El taita de la oficina
- Antología de Carlos Pezoa Véliz (1957)
- Carlos Pezoa Véliz, Poesias liricas