Mario Benedetti

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

4

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-09-14

Day of death

2009-05-17 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay

Mario Benedetti

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mario Benedetti, was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet as well as being an integral member of the Generación del 45. In spite of publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the English-speaking world, but in the Spanish-speaking world he was considered one of Latin America's most important writers from the latter half of the 20th-century.

Known For

  • Words of Truth

    Words of Truth

  • The Dark Side of the Heart

    The Dark Side of the Heart

  • País verde y herido

    País verde y herido

  • Onetti, Portrait of a Writer

    Onetti, Portrait of a Writer