Octavio G. Barreda

Octavio G. Barreda (Mexico City, 30 November 1897-Guadalajara, Jalisco, 2 January 1964) was a Mexican poet, critic, essayist, translator, and a literary promoter. Poet of secret desolation and author of some precious Sonetos a la Virgen (Sonnets to the Virgin) (1937) with hermetic background, sharp prose writer and critic.[1] He made excellent translations to the Spanish language from works by T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence and Saint-John Perse, and was known for the generous impulse given to Mexican new literary values in the magazines he founded: Letras de México (1937-1947) and El Hijo Pródigo (1943-1946).

Octavio G. Barreda
Born(1897-11-30)November 30, 1897
Mexico City
DiedJanuary 2, 1964(1964-01-02) (aged 66)
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
LanguageSpanish
NationalityMexican
Period1916-1964
Genrehermetic poetry
SpouseCarmen Marín

Biography

By medical prescription, he moved to Guadalajara in 1959,[2] where he became a habitué to Café Apolo, located at Calle Galeana near the corner with Avenida Juárez in downtown Guadalajara.

The literary critic Emmanuel Carballo, in his memoirs, points out that from 1937 to 1945, Barreda "was the president of the Mexican republic of letters".[2]

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References
  1. "Octavio G. Barreda". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Carballo, Emmanuel, Ya nada es igual, memorias, (1929-1953), Secretaría de Cultura de Jalisco/Editorial Diana, Guadalajara/Ciudad de México, 1994, p. 278.
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