Carmen Berenguer

Carmen Berenguer (9 September 1946 – 16 May 2024) was a Chilean poet, essayist, audio-visual artist, editor and journalist. Berenguer was the first Chilean awarded the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.

Biography

Her poetry has been gathered in several anthologies and she was an editor of various publications: Hoja X Ojo, 1984; and Al Margen, 1986.

In 2008, Berenguer became the first Chilean to win the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.

On 16 May 2024, Berenguer died aged 78 at the Hospital Clínico de la Universidad Católica, Santiago.

Collaborations

• Women's Literature Congress, organizer, Chile, 1987.
• Poetry International Festival with La reconstrucción del tiempo (Time's Reconstruction), organised by Sergio Badilla Castillo and Sun Axelsson, Stockholm, 1989.
• Delito y Traición, documentary, National Congress of Chile, 2003.

Awards

• Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award, 2008

Works

• Bobby Sands desfallece en el muro (1983)
• Huellas de siglo (1986)
• A media asta (1988)
• Sayal de pieles (1993)
• Naciste pintada (1999)
• La gran hablada (2002)
• Chiiit, son las ventajas de la escritura, (2008)
• Mama Marx, (2009)
• Maravillas pulgares, (2009)
• Maravillas pulgares, (2012)
• Venid a verme ahora, (2012)
• Mi Lai, (2015)

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