Hyalmar Blixen


Hyalmar Blixen Lerena was a Uruguayan poet, novelist and essayist.
He was born in Montevideo in 1917 into a cultured family, the eldest of four children. His father, Mario Blixen Claret, was the Minister of Finance, and his mother was a writer and poet. Her great-grandfather was
Eduardo Acevedo Maturana and her uncle was Eduardo Acevedo Díaz. His siblings were Julio, Olaf Blixen, a noted anthropologist, and Sonia.
He taught for many years at the Instituto de Estudios Superiores in Montevideo. Alongside his novels and poems, he also published numerous essays in the journals El Dia and Lea. He received several prizes during his lifetime. He died in 2007.

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