Orfila Bardesio (18 May 1922 - 14 October 2009) was a Uruguayan poet and educator.[1][2][3]
Orfila Bardesio | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1922 |
| Died | 14 October 2009 (aged 87) |
| Occupation(s) | Poet Author |
| Spouse | Julio Fernández (1929-1974) |
| Children | José Fernández Bardesio (musician)[1] and others |
Biography edit
Orfila Bardesio was born (and slightly more than eighty-seven years later died) in Montevideo. For much of the intervening period she lived further inland, in the department of Treinta y Tres, where she supported herself as a teacher of Literature.[3]
Her first volume of poetry, entitled simply "Voi", appeared in 1939.[4] That was followed by "La muerte de la luna" (1942) and "Poema" (1946). Reactions of the literary critics were predominantly positive.[5] Jules Supervielle lauded her as a "great poet", and she was accepted as a member of the literary circle known as the "Generation of 45", becoming the only member of the group who was both Christian and Catholic.[3][6]
In 1950 Orfila Bardesio married the poet and children's author Julio Fernández (1929-1974). The couple now relocated to Treinta y Tres, where Fernández taught Spanish and Bardesio taught Spanish Literature. The years that followed were her most fruitful and creative, in terms of her poetic vocation.
The volumes of Bardesio's Christian trilogy "Uno" appeared in 1955, 1959 and 1971. For each of these, and for the volume "Poema" that had appeared earlier, in 1946, she received the prize awarded by the Ministry of Education and Culture.[7][8]
After her husband died she moved back to Montevideo in 1974. Ten years later "El ciervo radiante", widely regarded as her masterpiece, appeared.[9][10] In 1989 she published her literary-religious essay "La luz del ojo en el follaje" ("The light of the eye in the foliage").[11] One of the themes addressed is the Christian view of guilt.[5][11]
Orfila Bardesio's final volume of poetry, "La canción de la tierra", appeared only a couple of months after her death, published virtually simultaneously in both Spanish (in Montevideo) and in Catalan (in Barcelona).[12] Many of her texts also appeared individually in newspapers, magazines and literary journals such as "Índice", "La Nación", "Entregas de la Licorne", "Alfar" and Marcha.[13]
Works edit
- Voy, 1939
- La muerte de la luna, 1942
- Poema, 1946
- Uno/Libro 1º, 1955
- Uno/Libro 2°, 1959
- Canción, 1970
- Uno/Libro 3º, 1971
- Juego, 1972
- La flor del llanto, 1973
- El ciervo radiante, 1984
- La luz del ojo en el follaje, ensayo, 1989
- Antología poética, 1994
- La canción de la tierra, 2009
References edit
- ^ Isabel Retamoso (20 September 2019). "El misterio cósmico del abrazo". A diez años de la muerte de Orfila Bardesio (1922-2009). Brecha. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Luis Bravo [in Spanish] (2 September 2019). "Al rescate de Orfila Bardesio". Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b c Virginia Leberrie; Belén Stocky. "Orfila Bardesio (1922-2009)". Facultad de Información y Comunicación - Instituto de Comunicación, Universidad de la República. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Orfila Bardesio (1939). Voy!: Prosas y versos. Editorial Montevideo.
- ^ a b Luis Bravo [in Spanish]; Eugenio Barba (2002). Decir lo desconocido (el fuego en los ojos del ciervo) con la poeta Orfila Bardesio. Universidad Eafit. pp. 67–73. ISBN 978-958-8173-27-6.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Raviolo, Heber; Rocca, Pablo (1997). Historia de la Literatura Uruguaya Contemporánea. T2. Ediciones de la Banda Oriental. p. 80.
- ^ "La poesía de Orfila Bardesio centra el homenaje bilingüe". Salamanca24horas. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Héctor Rosales (23 November 2009). "Orfila Bardesio, como la poesía". Letralia. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Orfila Bardesio (1984). "El ciervo radiante". Poesía y ensayos de Orfila Bardesio. Ediciones de la Banda Oriental Srl, Montevideo. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ "La flor del llanto". Falleció Orfila Bardesio ... una de las creadoras más destacadas de la generación del 45 en el Uruguay. Montevideo Portal. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ a b "La luz del ojo en el follaje". Radiodifusión Nacional del Uruguay. 15 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Luis Bravo (9 July 2019). "Orfila en el bosque de la creación". A review of the first compilation of Orfila Bardesio's complete works to be published. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Campodónico, Miguel Ángel (2007). Diccionario de la Cultura Uruguaya. Linardi y Risso. p. 47.