Carmen Berenguer Explained

Carmen Berenguer
Birth Date:	9 September 1946
Birth Place:	Santiago, Chile
Death Place:	Santiago, Chile
Occupation:	Poet
Language:	Spanish
Spouse:	Carlos Jerez
Children:	2

Carmen Berenguer (9 September 1946 – 16 May 2024) was a Chilean poet, audio-visual artist and reporter. Her poetry has been gathered in several anthologies and she was an editor of various publications: Hoja X Ojo, 1984; and Al Margen, 1986.

Berenguer died in Santiago on 16 May 2024, at the age of 77. She had been hospitalised for respiratory problems three days earlier.^[1] ^[2]

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 ^[3]

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)

References

https://www.adnradio.cl/2024/05/16/muere-carmen-berenguer-destacada-poeta-cronista-y-artista-visual-chilena-gano-importante-y-prestigioso-premio-internacional-en-el-2008/ Muere Carmen Berenguer, destacada poeta, cronista y artista visual chilena: ganó importante y prestigioso premio internacional en el 2008
https://www.latercera.com/culto/2024/05/16/muere-carmen-berenguer-destacada-poeta-nacional/ Muere Carmen Berenguer, destacada poeta nacional
Web site: La Ventana - Carmen Berenguer, ganadora del Premio Pablo Neruda 2008 . 1 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172803/http://laventana.casa.cult.cu/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4119 . 16 July 2011 . Carmen Berenguer wins the Pablo Neruda Award