Gabriel Salazar | |
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 Salazar in 2015 | |
| Born | 31 January 1936 Santiago, Chile |
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| Awards | Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2000) Chilean National History Award (2006) Santiago Municipal Literature Award (2016) |
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| Fields | History of Chile, social history |
Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is a far-left Chilean historian. He is known in his country for his study of social history and interpretations of social movements, particularly the recent student protests of 2006 and 2011–12.
Salazar was born into a lower class family, he studied history, sociology and philosophy at Universidad de Chile, and for time he was assistant of historian Mario Góngora and classical historian Héctor Herrera Cajas.[1] Salazar used to be a member of the Revolutionary Left Movement until 1973.[2] In that year he was tortured in Villa Grimaldi by the military.[2] Having been released from a military prison camp in 1976 he went into exile in the United Kingdom. There he obtained a scholarship for continued studies in University of Hull. He obtained a PhD in Economic and Social History from that university in 1984. Next year he returned to Chile. Relatively unknown Salazar's breakthrough came in 1985.
His subject of study has included peons, labourers, proletarians, child huachos[A] and women.[1] Salazar is one of the founders of the historiographic current known as Nueva Historia Social. Salazar considers history as a useful tool for social action. In interview he has declared himself a "leftist, critical social historian" and rejected the label "Marxist".[1]
- ^ a b c "Gabriel Salazar Vergara (1936 - )". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Gabriel Salazar, Premio Nacional de Historia: "Si Camila Vallejo es inteligente debe abandonar el PC"". El Mercurio de Calama (in Spanish). 17 June 2012. p. 46. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
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