Eugenio Montejo
Eugenio Montejo (* October 19, 1938 in Caracas, † June 5, 2008 in Valencia, Venezuela) was a Venezuelan poet and essayist.
Life
In 1998 he won the National Literature Prize Venezuela. One of his poems was quoted in the film 21 Grams 2003.
Montejo died at the age of 69 years at a gastric carcinoma.
Work
Poetry
- Elegos (1967 )
- Muerte y memoria (1972 )
- Algunas palabras (1976 )
- Terredad (1979)
- Trópico absoluto (1982 )
- Alfabeto del mundo (1986 )
- Adiós al siglo XX ( 1992)
- El azul de la tierra (1997)
- Partitura de la cigarra (1999)
- Tiempo Transfigurado (2001)
- Fábula del escriba (2006)
In German translation are four of his poems in the anthology include the following:
- Curt Meyer- Clason: Poetry from Latin America. German Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-423-10931-9, pp. 251-255.
Essays
- La ventana oblicua
- El taller blanco