Wished for Death but Could Never Die: Vilariño's Immortal Poetry - teleSUR English

Wished for Death but Could Never Die: Vilariño's Immortal Poetry - teleSUR English

August unfolds as a quiet homage to Idea Vilariño, whose birth in the eighth month of 1920 in Montevideo marked the beginning of one of Latin America’s most dreadful voices. Emerging from the crucible of the “Generation of 45,” she distilled the vast, tumultuous human condition into delicate, stark verses — poems stripped of anything superfluous, where every word carries the weight of intimacy. Vilariño’s poetry is distinguished by its stark cla…