Mario Benedetti

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
- Writing
- Born
- 1920-09-14 · Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó, Uruguay
- Died
- 2009-05-17
Known for
- The Dark Side of the Heart (1992) — Sailor that recites in German
- The Truce (1974) — Novel
- The Truce (2003) — Writer
- Words of Truth (2004) — Self
- Thanks for the Fire (1984) — Novel
- Las sorpresas (1975) — Writer
- Dale nomás (1974) — Author
- País verde y herido (1979)
- Onetti, Portrait of a Writer (1990) — Self
- La ronda de los dientes blancos (1966)
- Los Pocillos (2001) — Original Story
- Los pocillos (1974) — Short Story