Benedetti

Benedetti is extremely important to Uruguayan society, especially because of his history as an exile and as an outspoken critic during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009

The blogger at Psicosesion [es] describes what one might find in Benedetti's writing in the context of the turbulent time in the region's history:

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009

With Benedetti, I passed days and nights reading his experiences, his audacity, his story of a common man.

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009

Just to name a few: Violinists Nicola Benedetti (still only 22 and beginning to flower), Mira Wang (Vogler's wife, with two adorable young daughters in tow), the brilliant young New Yorker Philippe Quint, Arnaud Sussmann (whose recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata at the Menlo Park festival remains a touchstone for greatness) and the legendary stylist and technician Benjamin Schmid (whose every note and gesture is a model of classical music purity and musical intoxication).

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Uruguayan writer and poet Mario Benedetti passed away on May 17 at the age of 88.

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009

At this point in my life, after so many deaths and so many rebirths, I know that Mario Benedetti lived what he wrote and wrote what he lived.

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009

Just to name a few: Violinists Nicola Benedetti (still only 22 and beginning to flower), Mira Wang (Vogler's wife, with two adorable young daughters in tow), the brilliant young New Yorker Philippe Quint, Arnaud Sussmann (whose recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata at the Menlo Park festival remains a touchstone for greatness) and the legendary stylist and technician Benjamin Schmid (whose every note and gesture is a model of classical music purity and musical intoxication).

Laurence Vittes: Music and Magic in Moritzburg 2011 Laurence Vittes 2011

Just to name a few: Violinists Nicola Benedetti (still only 22 and beginning to flower), Mira Wang (Vogler's wife, with two adorable young daughters in tow), the brilliant young New Yorker Philippe Quint, Arnaud Sussmann (whose recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata at the Menlo Park festival remains a touchstone for greatness) and the legendary stylist and technician Benjamin Schmid (whose every note and gesture is a model of classical music purity and musical intoxication).

Laurence Vittes: Music and Magic in Moritzburg 2011 Laurence Vittes 2011

Just to name a few: Violinists Nicola Benedetti (still only 22 and beginning to flower), Mira Wang (Vogler's wife, with two adorable young daughters in tow), the brilliant young New Yorker Philippe Quint, Arnaud Sussmann (whose recording of Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata at the Menlo Park festival remains a touchstone for greatness) and the legendary stylist and technician Benjamin Schmid (whose every note and gesture is a model of classical music purity and musical intoxication).

Laurence Vittes: Music and Magic in Moritzburg 2011 Laurence Vittes 2011

Italiano · Uruguay: se ne va lo scrittore e poeta Mario Benedetti

Global Voices in English » Uruguay: The Passing of Writer Mario Benedetti 2009