Leonardo Garet | |
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Born | November 1949 Salto, Uruguay |
Nationality | Uruguayan |
Known for | Literature |
Notable work | El ojo en la piedra, El libro de los suicidas, Anabákoros |
Awards | Fraternity Award (2002) |
Website | www.leonardogaret.com.uy |
Leonardo Garet is a Uruguayan writer,[1] teacher, and member of the National Academy of Uruguay.
Leonardo Garet was born in Salto, Uruguay in 1949. He was a teacher from 1972 to 2008, mostly in private high schools Colegio y Liceo Nuestra Señora del Carmen and [Colegio y Liceo Carlos Vaz Ferreira in Salto. Also, he was Professor of Instituto de Estudios Superiores and Instituto de Filosofía Ciencias y Letras in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Garet is a poet, narrator, literary critic and cultural manager. He is the author of several books published in Uruguay and abroad. He has been a Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Uruguay since 2008.
In 2002 he received the Fraternity Award for literature.[2]
Garet's stories and poems have been translated from Spanish to English, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Dutch, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, Chinese, Guaraní and Norwegian.