Rafael Cadenas
Venezuelan poet and essayist
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Rafael Cadenas (born 8 April 1930 Barquisimeto, Lara) is a Venezuelan poet and essayist.[1]
Career
He taught for many years at the Central University of Venezuela.[2] He received the National Prize for Literature (1985), Guadalajara's International Book Fair prize of literature (Romance languages) (México, 2009) and García Lorca Prize (2015). Cadenas was awarded the Miguel de Cervantes Prize in 2022, the first Venezuelan to receive the award.[3][4] On April 24, 2023, he received the 2022 Cervantes Prize, the highest recognition for contributions to literature in the Spanish language.[5][6]
Awards
- Conac's essay prize (1984).
- National Prize for Literature (Poetry)(Venezuela, 1985).
- Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde's International Prize of Poetry (1992).
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1986).
- Honorary degree from the University of the Andes, Venezuela (2001).
- Honorary degree from the Central University of Venezuela (2005).
- Guadalajara's International Book Fair prize of literature (Romance languages) (México, 2009)
- García Lorca Prize (2015)
- Reina Sofia (2018)
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize (2022)
Works
Poetry
- Cantos iniciales (1946)
- Una isla (1958)
- Los cuadernos del destierro (1960, 2001)
- "Derrota" (1963)
- Falsas maniobras (1966)
- Tiempo Del Machete (1969)
- Intemperie (1977)
- Memorial (1977) Bilingual Edition (Spanish to English)
- Amante (1983)
- Dichos (1992)
- Gestiones (1992)
- Antología (1958–1993) (1996), (1999)
- Amante (bid & co. editor, 2002)
- Poemas selectos (bid & co. editor, 2004, 2006, 2009)
- Amant (bid & co. editor, 2004) [trad. al francés de "Amante")
- Lover (bid & co. editor, 2004, 2009)
- El taller de al lado (bid & co. editor, 2005)
- Sobre abierto (2012)
Essays
- Literatura y vida (1972)
- Realidad y literatura (1979)
- Apuntes sobre San Juan de la Cruz y la mística (1977, 1995)
- La barbarie civilizada (1981)
- Anotaciones (1983)
- Reflexiones sobre la ciudad moderna (1983)
- En torno al lenguaje (1984)
- Sobre la enseñanza de la literatura en la Educación Media (1998)
References
- ^ ": Rafael Cadenas :".
- ^ "Rafael Cadenas".
- ^ "Rafael Cadenas, testigo de la dignidad de Venezuela, gana el Premio Cervantes 2022". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ "Rafael Cadenas, premio Cervantes 2022: «Trabajo cada día en mis poemas... la lengua es la patria del escritor»". ABC (in Spanish). 2022-11-10. Retrieved 2022-11-12.
- ^ García Higueras, Laura (April 24, 2023). "Rafael Cardenas recibe el Premio Cervantes: "Los nacionalismos, las ideologías, y credos dividen a los seres humanos"". ElDiario.es (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ Fanjul, Sergio C. (April 24, 2023). "Rafael Cadenas recibe el Premio Cervantes de manos de los Reyes: "El nacionalismo es el sarampión de la humanidad"". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
External links
- Author's website
- "Rafael Cadenas: “Nunca he sabido lo que es un poema”", Harry Almela, 8.31.2008
- "Contra la barbarie de la propia estimación: Entrevista con Rafael Cadenas", Claudia Posadas
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Recipients of the National Prize for Literature (Venezuela)
- 1948: Mario Briceño Iragorry
- 1949: Carlos Augusto León
- 1950: Santiago Key Ayala
- 1951: Juan Liscano
- 1952: Ramón Díaz Sánchez
- 1953: Félix Armando Núñez
- 1954: Mariano Picón Salas / Arturo Uslar Pietri
- 1955: Manuel Felipe Rugeles
- 1956: Miguel Otero Silva
- 1956: Augusto Mijares
- 1957: Juan Beroes
- 1958: Rómulo Gallegos
- 1959: Juan Manuel González
- 1960: José Fabbiani Ruiz
- 1961: José Ramón Medina
- 1962: José Antonio de Armas Chitty
- 1963: Luis Pastori
- 1964: Arturo Croce
- 1965: José Tadeo Arreaza Calatrava
- 1966: Alberto Arvelo Torrealba
- 1967: Fernando Paz Castillo
- 1968: Guillermo Meneses
- 1969: Vicente Gerbasi
- 1970: Alfredo Armas Alfonzo
- 1970: Luis Beltrán Guerrero
- 1971: Pablo Rojas Guardia
- 1972: Alfredo Boulton / Salvador Garmendia
- 1973: Caupolicán Ovalles / Jose Luis Salcedo Bastardo / Ramón José Velásquez
- 1974: José Ramón Heredia / Pedro Pablo Barnola Duxans / Julio Garmendia
- 1975: Orlando Araujo / Ramón Palomares
- 1976: Antonia Palacios / Juan Sánchez Peláez
- 1976: Guillermo Sucre
- 1977: Ida Gramcko
- 1978: Juan David García Bacca / Luis Alberto Crespo
- 1979: Francisco Pérez Perdomo
- 1980: Adriano González León
- 1981: Miguel Ramón Utrera
- 1982: Arturo Uslar Pietri
- 1983: Pascual Venegas Filardo
- 1984: Isaac J Pardo
- 1985: Rafael Cadenas
- 1986: Luz Machado
- 1987: Rafael Ángel Díaz Sosa
- 1988: Oswaldo Trejo
- 1989: Ana Enriqueta Terán
- 1990: Guillermo Morón
- 1991: José Balza
- 1992: Pedro Pablo Paredes
- 1993: Pedro Grases
- 1994: Elizabeth Schön
- 1995: Gustavo Díaz Solís
- 1996: José Manuel Briceño Guerrero
- 1997: Alfredo Silva Estrada
- 1998: Eugenio Montejo
- 1999: Elisa Lerner
- 2000: Gustavo Pereira
- 2001: Luis Britto García
- 2002–03: Carlos Noguera
- 2004: José León Tapia
- 2006: Renato Rodríguez
- 2008–10: William Osuna
- 2011–12: Francisco Massiani
- 2013–14: Laura Antillano
- 2016–18: Gabriel Jiménez Emán