Óscar Acosta
| Óscar Acosta Zeledón | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
14 April 1933 Las Delicias, Honduras |
| Died |
15 July 2014 (aged 81) Tegucigalpa |
| Nationality | Honduran |
| Institutions | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras |
| Notable awards | Premio Rubén Darío (1960), el Premio Nacional de Literatura Ramón Sosa (1970) |
Óscar Acosta Zeledón (14 April 1933 – 15 July 2014) was a Honduran writer, poet, critic, politician and diplomat.[1][2][3]
He was born in the Las Delicias neighborhood of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on 14 April 1933.[4][5]
Acosta began his career as a journalist in Peru for Tegucigalpa Magazine. He founded la Editorial Nuevo Continente, las revistas Extra, Presente, la Editorial Iberoamericana, and Honduras Literaria y Extra. He was director of the University Press of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras.[6]
Acosta died in Tegucigalpa at the age of 81 on 15 July 2014.[5]
Bibliography
- Responso poético al cuerpo presente de José Trinidad Reyes (1955)
- El arca (1956)
- Poesía menor (1957)
- Tiempo detenido (1962)
- Mi país (1971)
- Poesía. Selección 1952–1965 (1965)
- Poesía. Selección 1952–1971 (1976)
- Rafael Heliodoro Valle. Vida y obra (1964)
Awards
- 1960 Premio Rubén Darío
- 1979 el Premio Nacional de Literatura Ramón Sosa[7]
References
- ↑ Presentan “Poesía reunida” de Óscar Acosta. (Spanish) El Heraldo. 31 January 2010.
- ↑ "Oscar Acosta". Epdlp.com. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ "Biografia de Óscar Acosta". Biografiasyvidas.com. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ http://www.elheraldo.hn/csp/mediapool/sites/ElHeraldo/OtrasSecciones/NuestrasRevistas/story.csp?cid=627034&sid=1653&fid=373
- 1 2 "Muere Óscar Acosta, el renovador del cuento y la poesía en Honduras". La Prensa (Honduras). 15 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-30.
- ↑ "Oscar Acosta, poeta hondureño". Artepoetica.net. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ "Oscar Acosta". Amediavoz.com. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
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