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Daniel Chavarría (23 November 1933[1] – 6 April 2018)[2] was a Uruguayan revolutionary, writer and translator, who lived in Cuba since the 1960s. He had a son with Dora Salazar, Daniel Chavarria, and raised his sister.

Daniel Chavarría
Chavarría
Born	(1933-11-23)23 November 1933 San José de Mayo
Died	6 April 2018(2018-04-06) (aged 84) Havana, Cuba
Occupation	Writer, Translator
Language	Spanish
Nationality	Uruguayan-Cuban

Life and works

Daniel Chavarría was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay.[1]

In 1964, while Chavarría was living in Brazil, there was a military coup and he fled to work amongst the gold seekers in the Amazon. Later on, he fled to Cuba. There he began working as a Latin and Greek translator and teacher. Subsequently he began his career as a writer. Daniel Chavarría defined himself as a Uruguayan citizen and a Cuban writer.

Chavarría’s style of writing is within the Latin American tradition of political writers, such as Gabriel García Márquez. He mentioned that as a child, he read Jules Verne, Emilio Salgari and Alexandre Dumas, and their influence can be detected in his writing. For example, in Tango for a Torturer, the influence of The Count of Monte Cristo is clear.

Chavarría’s life and writings clearly show his communist and revolutionary background. He was a well known supporter of the Cuban Revolution.[2]

In 2010, Chavarría won Cuba's National Prize for Literature.[3][4]

Chavarría died in Havana on 6 April 2018, aged 84.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

• 1978 Joy
• 1984 The 6th Island
• 1991 Allá Ellos
• 1993 The Eye of Cybele
• 1994 Adiós muchachos
• 1999 That Year in Madrid
• 2001 Tango for a Torturer
• 2001 El rojo en la pluma del loro
• 2004 Viudas de sangre
• 2005 Príapos
• 2006 Una pica en Flandes

Awards

Joy:

• Aniversario de la Revolución, La Habana, 1975.
• Capitán San Luis, 1978.

The 6th island:

• Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.

Allá ellos:

• Dashiell Hammett Award, Gijón, 1992.

The Eye of Cybele:

• Planeta-Joaquín Mortiz, México, 1993.
• Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, 1994.
• Ennio Flaiano, Pescara, 1998.
• Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.

Adiós Muchachos:

• Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Paperback Original, New York, 2002

Tango for a Torturer:

• Casa de las Américas Prize, La Habana, 2000.
• Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.

Viudas de sangre:

• Premio Alejo Carpentier, La Habana, 2004.

Other

• National Prize for Literature, 2010

References

External links

• Perché ho deciso di vivere a Cuba (in Italian)

На других языках

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[de] Daniel Chavarría

Daniel Chavarría, vollständiger Name Daniel Edmundo Chavarría Bastélica, (* 23. November 1933 in San José, Uruguay; † 6. April 2018 in Havanna[1]) war ein uruguayisch-kubanischer Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Dozent.

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