Mario Orlando Hamlet Hardy Brenno Benedetti Farugia (September 14, 1920 – May 17, 2009) was a Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. He was not well known in the English-speaking world, but in the Spanish-speaking world he was considered one of Latin America's most important 20th-century writers.On January 26, 2006, Mario Benedetti joined other internationally renowned figures such as Gabriel García Márquez, Ernesto Sábato, Thiago de Mello, Eduardo Galeano, Carlos Monsiváis, Pablo Armando Fernández, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Pablo Milanés, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Mayra Montero and Ana Lydia Vega, in demanding sovereignty for Puerto Rico.
Before dying, he dictated to his personal secretary, Ariel Silva what would become his last poem
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Mi vida ha sido como una farsa
Mi arte ha consistido
En que esta no se notara demasiado
He sido como un levitador en la vejez
El brillo marrón de los azulejos
Jamás se separó de mi piel
(Fragment)
(translation with Google Translate)
My life has been like a farce
My art has been
That this notice is not too
I've been like a ghost in old age
The brightness of the brown tiles
Never left my skin
Sources:
Text: Wikipedia
Image: Los Sabandeños
