Vicente García-Huidobro | |
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Born | Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández January 10, 1893 Santiago, Chile |
Died | January 2, 1948 Cartagena, Chile | (aged 54)
Resting place | Cartagena |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Chilean |
Education | Colegio San Ignacio |
Alma mater | Universidad de Chile |
Period | Twentieth Century |
Genre | Poetry |
Literary movement | Creacionismo |
Notable works | Altazor |
Notable awards | Municipality of Santiago Prize ("El poliedro y el mar"). 1963 Municipality of Santiago Prize ("Poesía entera"). 1988 |
Spouse | Manuela Portales Bello (1912), Ximena Amunátegui, Raquel Señoret |
Children | 5 |
Relatives | María Luisa Fernández (mother) |
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Vicente García-Huidobro Fernández (Latin American Spanish: [biˈsente ɣwiˈðoβɾo]; January 10, 1893 – January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He promoted the avant-garde literary movement in Chile and was the creator and greatest exponent of the literary movement called Creacionismo ("Creationism").