Eloy Fariña Núñez
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Eloy Fariña Núñez was born in Humaita
, historical city of the department of Ñeembucu
, in the Republic of Paraguay, on July 25, 1885, son of Felix Fariña and Buenaventura Núñez.
, Greek
, Portuguese
, French
and Italian
.
Without concluding his studies, he left to Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, where he pursued the Law carrier, which had to abandon later because of economical reasons.
In the presentation of his “Poesias completas y otros textos” (“Complete poetry and other texts”), the Publisher El Lector signals that Fariña Núñez: “…is, without a doubt, the most prepared creative intellectual of his generation. His work has been an essential contribution to the Paraguayan modernism, in addition to provide some valuables testimonials of moral exaltation. In spite of not living in the country the most part of his life,… he never stop acknowledging the reality and problematic of his nation. An alert and preoccupied consciousness for the disturbing signals of his time,… he made efforts to interpret them with appropriateness and intellectual honesty”. In addition, in the “introduction” of the referred book, the consecrated Paraguayan intellectual Francisco Pérez-Maricevich describes Núñez as: “… the poet of our literature deserving of universal recognition” and adding later that his life: “…is one of the most intense and of more moral high of Paraguayan lives. It is also, one of the most profiler and exemplar, because the nobleness of spirit and firm sincerity of his lines” Is, in fact, the most remembered of Paraguayan poets in foreign anthologies.
The book of poems:
Humaitá
Humaitá is a town on the Paraguay River in southern Paraguay. During the War of the Triple Alliance, it served as the main Paraguayan stronghold from 1866 until its fall in August 1868. During that time, it housed as many as 24,000 troops...
, historical city of the department of Ñeembucu
Ñeembucú Department
Ñeembucú is a department located in the south of the Eastern Region of Paraguay. The capital is Pilar. The department is almost entirely rural, and is home to some of the oldest and best-preserved Jesuit ruins, which are located near the town of Humaitá.-Districts:The department is divided in 16...
, in the Republic of Paraguay, on July 25, 1885, son of Felix Fariña and Buenaventura Núñez.
Early moments
When he was only eight years old, he moved to the province of Corrientes, Argentina, where he received his first education. Afterwards, he moved to Paraná. In that city he started his studies in the seminar, acquiring solid knowledge of classic culture, music and languages such as LatinLatin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
.
Without concluding his studies, he left to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, where he pursued the Law carrier, which had to abandon later because of economical reasons.
Trajectory
He worked in public affairs. And it is from this time that come a famous anecdote that has him as protagonist. Given his natural talent and dedication to his job, he was offered the general administration of taxes position, with only one condition: to adopt the Argentine nationality. The poet’s answer to this was: “Excellence... I have two mothers: one, poor but deserving, to which I owe my birth, this is Paraguay; and the other, rich and generous, Argentina, where I have formed myself and established my home. Allow me to be consequent with both”. Finally, his principles and honesty grant him the position in spite the nationality issue.In the presentation of his “Poesias completas y otros textos” (“Complete poetry and other texts”), the Publisher El Lector signals that Fariña Núñez: “…is, without a doubt, the most prepared creative intellectual of his generation. His work has been an essential contribution to the Paraguayan modernism, in addition to provide some valuables testimonials of moral exaltation. In spite of not living in the country the most part of his life,… he never stop acknowledging the reality and problematic of his nation. An alert and preoccupied consciousness for the disturbing signals of his time,… he made efforts to interpret them with appropriateness and intellectual honesty”. In addition, in the “introduction” of the referred book, the consecrated Paraguayan intellectual Francisco Pérez-Maricevich describes Núñez as: “… the poet of our literature deserving of universal recognition” and adding later that his life: “…is one of the most intense and of more moral high of Paraguayan lives. It is also, one of the most profiler and exemplar, because the nobleness of spirit and firm sincerity of his lines” Is, in fact, the most remembered of Paraguayan poets in foreign anthologies.
Last years
Married with an Argentine lady, Laura Fernández de la Puente, young still and in creative activity, he died in Buenos Aires on January 3, 1929.Work
His abundant work includes:- “El mundo de los fantoches” (World of puppets)
- “Centenario Paraguayo” (Paraguayan Centenary)
- “Canto Secular” (Secular singing). Published in 1911, as a homage to the centenary of the Paraguayan Independency, one of the most extent poems in all the literature of his country, with which he tried to reaffirm the spiritual values of a nation that was being reborn from the catastrophe, exalting in his verses the most elevated ideals and condemning the errors and horrors of the inhuman battles)
- “Al margen del casco paraguayo” (Outside the Paraguayan helmet)
- “Bucles de Oro” (Locks of gold). A story that, in 1913, obtained the first price in a contest patronized by the Journal “La Prensa” of Buenos Aires, which signified, in the moment, the consecration of his literary work)
- “Rhodopphis”
- “Las vertebras de pan” (The vertebra of bread)
- “El significado de la obra de Rubén DaríoRubén DaríoFélix Rubén García Sarmiento , known as Rubén Darío, was a Nicaraguan poet who initiated the Spanish-American literary movement known as modernismo that flourished at the end of the 19th century...
” (Significance of Rubén Darío’s work) - “Conceptos estéticos” (Esthetic concepts)
- “El estanco del tabaco” (Tobacco monopoly) or tobaccolist’s shop
The book of poems:
- “Curupi”
- “El jardín del silencio” (Garden of silence)
- “Cármenes”
- “Mitos guaraníes” (Guarani myths)