Roberto Jorge Santoro
Roberto Jorge Santoro (April 17, 1939 Buenos Aires– disappeared 1977 Buenos Aires) was an Argentine poet, publisher and political activist. Santoro created a literary journal and was active with other journals.
Biography
[edit]Roberto Jorge Santoro was born on April 17, 1939, in Buenos Aires, his parents were workers. During his lifetime, Santoro worked as painter, street vendor, stallholder in a market, typographer and teacher in an industrial school.
Santoro founded and directed El Barrilete, a literary magazine featuring tango poets Carlos de la Púa , Celedonio Flores , Homero Manzi, Martín Campos, Carlos Patiño, Alberto Costa and Rafael Vásquez. He also collaborated with La Cosa, Gente de Buenos Aires , Papeles de Buenos Aires , La Pluma and La Palabra .
In Literatura de la pelota, Santoro reproduce poems and writings by Argentine intellectuals about their passion for football. this was his attempt to reconcile high culture with popular culture.
Originally a Guevarist, Santoro joined the Workers' Revolutionary Party (PRT) in the 1960s. In his later poems, Santoro condemned a coercive political system, its moral hypocrisy, and its decadent institutions. He did so with a sense of humor and a sense of the grotesque. His style was effective and forceful.[1]
On June 1, 1977, Santoro was taken from the National School of Technical Education No. 25 , where he served as deputy principal. He was never seen again. It is believed that government agents kidnapped and murdered Santoro in response to his political activism.
Works
[edit]- Oficio desesperado (Ediciones Cuadernos del Alfarero, 1962)
- De tango y lo demás (Editorial Barrilete, fragmento 1962, versión completa 1964)
- El último tranvía (Editorial Barrilete, 1963)
- Nacimiento en la tierra (Ediciones Cuadernos Australes, 1963)
- Pedradas con mi patria (Editorial Barrilete, 1964)
- En pocas palabras (Ediciones Hechas a mano, 1967)
- Literatura de la pelota (Editorial Papeles de Buenos Aires, 1971; ediciones Lea, 2007)
- A ras del suelo (Editorial Papeles de Buenos Aires, 1971)
- Desafío (Editorial Gente de Buenos Aires, 1972)
- Uno más uno humanidad (Ediciones Dead Weight, 1972)
- En esta tierra lo que mata es la humedad (tragedia musical representada en Buenos Aires, 1972)
- En esta tierra (canciones; música de Raúl Parentella; canto Kiko Fernández; Music Hall, 1972, disco L.P.)
- Poesía en general (Editorial Papeles de Buenos Aires, 1973)
- Cuatro canciones y un vuelo (Editorial Gente de Buenos Aires, 1973)
- Las cosas claras (anti-libros "La trenza loca", 1973)
- Lo que no veo no lo creo (canciones; música y canto Jorge Cutello, 1974)
- No negociable, carpeta (Editorial Papeles de Buenos Aires, 1975)
References
[edit]- ^ Página del Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores hoy Astrada, E., Poesía política y combativa argentina. Editorial Zero, Colección Guernica, no. 15, ISBN 84-317-0448-9, Madrid: Febrero de 1978. pp. 165-166.
External links
[edit]- English introduction to Santoro
- Roberto Jorge Santoro, el poeta del fútbol El Ortiba.
- Roberto Jorge Santoro, El último tranvía Lunfa2000.
- Santoro, Roberto Jorge (1971). Literatura de la pelota. Buenos Aires: Papeles de Buenos Aires. ISBN 978-987-1257-71-3.
- Los Informes de Barrilete
- Catalano, María Agustina (2015). "Roberto Santoro: el obrero de la palabra" en Berg, Edgardo y Fernández, Nancy. Intervenciones. Mar del Plata: La Bola Editora y Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. ISBN 978-987-544-654-0.
- Catalano, María Agustina (2023). Puede brotar el fuego o la hermosura. Literatura, política y edición en la obra de Roberto Santoro. Córdoba: Alción Editora. ISBN 978-987-8962-76-4.
NOTES
[edit]Some English translations appear in Big Hammer, edited by Dave Roskos. Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 19 edition (February 7, 2017). ISBN 978-1542995405
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