Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (Avellaneda, 25 December 1949 - São Paulo, 26 November 1992) was an Argentine poet and anthropologist.
Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher | |
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 Néstor Perlongher in 1988. | |
| Born | December 25, 1949 Avellaneda, Argentina |
| Died | November 26, 1992 (aged 42) São Paulo, Brazil |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Period | 1967-1992 |
| Genre | Poetry, essay and short story |
He graduated and completed his degree in sociology; he moved to São Paulo, where he graduated from the University of Campinas with a Master of Social Anthropology; where he was appointed professor in 1985.
His work appeared in the El Porteño, Alfonsina, Last Kingdom and Poetry Journal. He was active in the Frente de Liberación Homosexual.[1] He died of AIDS in São Paulo.[2]
Awards
edit- 1993 Guggenheim Fellowship.[3]
Works
edit- Austria-Hungría (Buenos Aires, Tierra Baldía, 1980).
- Alambres (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1987; Premio "Boris Vian" de Literatura Argentina).
- Hule (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1989) ISBN 978-950-9418-57-8.
- Parque Lezama (Buenos Aires, Sudamericana, 1990).
- Aguas aéreas (Buenos Aires, Último Reino, 1990).
- El chorreo de las iluminaciones (Caracas, Pequeña Venecia, 1992).
- Poemas completos: 1980-1992, Buenos Aires: Planeta, 1997; Grupo Editorial Planeta S.A.I.C./Seix Barral, 2003, ISBN 978-950-731-366-0.
Non-fiction
edit- Prosa plebeya, Editors Christian Ferrer, Osvaldo Baigorria, Ediciones Colihue SRL, 1997, ISBN 978-950-581-191-5.
- Papeles insumisos, Editor Reynaldo Jiménez, Santiago Arcos, 2004, ISBN 978-987-21493-3-8.
- El negocio del deseo: la prostitución masculina en San Pablo, Paidós, 1999, ISBN 978-950-12-3803-7.
- La prostitución masculina, Ediciones de la Urraca, 1993, ISBN 978-950-9265-28-8.
- El Fantasma del SIDA, Puntosur, 1988.
References
edit- ^ "Nestor Perlongher". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Néstor Perlongher". Archived from the original on 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". jsgmf.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
Sources
edit- Néstor Perlongher: the poetic search for an Argentine marginal voice, Ben Bollig, University of Wales Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7083-2123-2.
- Bollig, Ben "Nestor Perlongher and the Avant-Garde: Privileged Interlocuters and Inherited Techniques", Hispanic Review - Volume 73, Number 2, Spring 2005, pp. 157–184.
- The art of transition: Latin American culture and neoliberal crisis, Francine Masiello, Duke University Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-8223-2818-6.