Tag: Rafael Alberti
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Rafael Alberti, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1947
Spanish poet Rafael Alberti (1902-1999) was a member of the so-called Spanish writers’ “Generation 27” and one of the literary voices of the left-wing Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He left Spain after Franco’s victory and, after a spell in Paris, went into exile in Argentina with his wife María Teresa León. He stayed…
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Aitana Alberti, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1947
Aitana Alberti, born in 1941 in Buenos Aires, is the daughter of Rafael Alberti and María Teresa León. Here she was photographed by the Mandellos during a summer holiday in Punta del Este, in the family’s vacation home “La Gallarda”. Aitana Alberti is an anthropologist and poet who lives in Cuba where she presides the…
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About, Part 6: A New Beginning
In Montevideo, Jeanne started her career for the third time – and succeeded once again. She was extremely resilient, as one of her main personal skills was her capacity to rebound and to overcome life’s trials by drawing on her creative skills. Jeanne and Arno loved Montevideo and Uruguay. Jeanne would comment later on that…
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About, Part 8: Uruguay, Land of Cultural Exchange
Uruguayan poet, editor and arts patron Susana Soca in front of her portrait by Picasso, photo André Ostier, Paris, 1947, Coll. J. Alvarez Márquez In the 1940s, Uruguay was sufficiently open, prosperous and democratic to be able to accept and to integrate these new citizens and their avant-garde ideas. Their new ideas were in sync…