Julio Correa
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Julio Correa was a Paraguayan poet in Guarani language
.
He was born in Asunción
, August 30, 1890. His maternal grandfather was of Polish
origins, and was named Myzkowsky. His father was Portuguese
. Correa left school at young age.
He started to publish his poems in 1926.
Encouraged by the poet Manuel Ortiz Guerrero
, he started to write an article titled “Dialoguitos Callejeros” (Small Street Dialogues) in the newspaper Guarani, of Facundo Recalde.
His talent became apparent during the Chaco War
. His work in the Guarani language was very well received by the public and became known as an author, actor and director.
From 1934 to 1936, he published his poems in the magazine Guarania, of Natalicio González
. Those became part, later on, of the book Body and Soul. (1943). In 1947, he was arrested because of his writings. The civil war that year had a negative effect on the author, and started to get depressed. He remained isolated in his country house in Luque
, where he died on July 14, 1953.
, like many other soldiers at the time. As a child he grew among people that talk Guaraní, among countryman and peons, and it was from that time, he started to acknowledge their struggles to survive. When he became a grown man, he discovered himself as able to read this people, as an interpreter to them, in the theater as in the social action.
He was very good friends with the sculptor Erminio Blotta
(from Rosario
, Argentina
), honorary citizen of Paraguay.
He was the creator of the Guarani theatre, its greater author and also its best actor. With great intuition he felt the Paraguayan problematic was the unjust distribution of land, because it was just like Justo Pastor Benítez wrote: “the Paraguayan people are just a mere occupant of his own land”. Correa had this saying for truth and became a fighter for the cause, standing against foreign and national large entailed land with enormous courage. In his house in Luque a single book cannot be seen, only farm animals, there is nothing that reminiscence the house of a poet.
Julio Correa is a poet without culture and, what’s more interesting, without the desire or preoccupation to acquire it. The poems in Spanish language he gathered in his book “Alma y Cuerpo” (Body and Soul) closed a period in time and marked the beginning of a new road, that would be widened by Hérib Campos Cervera
, with the introduction of the “literature of vanguard”
It is Campos Cervera, that completes the description of Correa, saying: “He is the great creator of images of our society and problematic, the drama of misery, land, blood and jealousy”.
The Paraguayan people have Correa as a mirror of its hope, pain, and joy. He did not settle for just creating a story character, he also manifested their joy and sadness, and their moral ups and downs. In stage, he showed the audience the different shades of passion, all the rage of hatred and the goodness of compassion, his voice transmitted the sentiment of his art.
Julio Correa also wrote Yvy yara, Toribio, Yuaijhugui reí, Po’a rusuva and La culpa de bueno.
Among his stories are Nicolasia del Espiritu Santo (1943), El Padre Cantalicio, El borracho de la casa and El hombre que robó una pava (unconcluded), all of these were published after his death.
, Paraguay
, city close to the Paraguayan capital. His house is nowadays the “Museum Julio Correa”.
Guaraní language
Guaraní, specifically the primary variety known as Paraguayan Guaraní , is an indigenous language of South America that belongs to the Tupí–Guaraní subfamily of the Tupian languages. It is one of the official languages of Paraguay , where it is spoken by the majority of the population, and half of...
.
He was born in Asunción
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
, August 30, 1890. His maternal grandfather was of Polish
Poles
thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...
origins, and was named Myzkowsky. His father was Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....
. Correa left school at young age.
He started to publish his poems in 1926.
Encouraged by the poet Manuel Ortiz Guerrero
Manuel Ortiz Guerrero
- Biography:Guerrero was born at Ybaroty, a neighborhood in the city of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. He was the son of Vicente Ortiz and Susana Guerrero, who died after giving birth. He was raised by his grandmother, Florencia Ortiz. He realized his first studies in a school in...
, he started to write an article titled “Dialoguitos Callejeros” (Small Street Dialogues) in the newspaper Guarani, of Facundo Recalde.
His talent became apparent during the Chaco War
Chaco War
The Chaco War was fought between Bolivia and Paraguay over control of the northern part of the Gran Chaco region of South America, which was incorrectly thought to be rich in oil. It is also referred to as La Guerra de la Sed in literary circles for being fought in the semi-arid Chaco...
. His work in the Guarani language was very well received by the public and became known as an author, actor and director.
From 1934 to 1936, he published his poems in the magazine Guarania, of Natalicio González
Juan Natalicio González
Juan Natalicio González Paredes was a Paraguayan poet who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1948 to 30 December 1948.- Early life :...
. Those became part, later on, of the book Body and Soul. (1943). In 1947, he was arrested because of his writings. The civil war that year had a negative effect on the author, and started to get depressed. He remained isolated in his country house in Luque
Luque
Luque is a city in Central Department, Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. It is located at around . It is the location of the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport for Asunción and the headquarters of CONMEBOL...
, where he died on July 14, 1953.
Childhood and youth
He came from a well-to-do family that had fallen on hard times as a result of adversities in the aftermath of the war of 1870. And is, without doubt, the upmost expression of creation of Paraguayan dramatic art and the Guarani theatre, always inspired in social subjects. Descendant of Brazilian people, his father fought in the war and once it ended, decided to stay in ParaguayParaguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, like many other soldiers at the time. As a child he grew among people that talk Guaraní, among countryman and peons, and it was from that time, he started to acknowledge their struggles to survive. When he became a grown man, he discovered himself as able to read this people, as an interpreter to them, in the theater as in the social action.
He was very good friends with the sculptor Erminio Blotta
Erminio Blotta
Erminio Blotta was an Argentine self-taught sculptor of Italian origin.-Biography:He was born in Morano Calabro...
(from Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, 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...
), honorary citizen of Paraguay.
His family
Married with the notorious actress, Georgina Martínez. They founded together a theatre company, with which he traveled to every part of Paraguay, carrying a message condemning the injustice of large entailed lands and the exploit of the working country man.Trajectory
Walter Wey, a Brazilian researcher, makes a colorful portrait of the multifaceted Correa: “Who does not know and admire Julio Correa? Poet, dramatist, businessman, storyteller and distiller of politic and literary poisons. Maybe the victims, men and women of his satirical stories, felt disrespected but all of them know those stories by memory. Hearing Correa recite them in Palma Street or in his country house in Luque constituted one of the most beautiful shows to witness. It was because of this, that he was persecuted and sometimes put in jail, to satisfaction of his detractors. But the applause and admiration of the people kept him going.He was the creator of the Guarani theatre, its greater author and also its best actor. With great intuition he felt the Paraguayan problematic was the unjust distribution of land, because it was just like Justo Pastor Benítez wrote: “the Paraguayan people are just a mere occupant of his own land”. Correa had this saying for truth and became a fighter for the cause, standing against foreign and national large entailed land with enormous courage. In his house in Luque a single book cannot be seen, only farm animals, there is nothing that reminiscence the house of a poet.
Julio Correa is a poet without culture and, what’s more interesting, without the desire or preoccupation to acquire it. The poems in Spanish language he gathered in his book “Alma y Cuerpo” (Body and Soul) closed a period in time and marked the beginning of a new road, that would be widened by Hérib Campos Cervera
Hérib Campos Cervera
Paraguayan poet Hérib Campos Cervera was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on March 30, 1905, son of Spanish parents, Herib Campos Cervera, also a poet, and of Alicia Diaz Perez, sister of the great intellectual Viriato Díaz Pérez.-Childhood and youth:...
, with the introduction of the “literature of vanguard”
It is Campos Cervera, that completes the description of Correa, saying: “He is the great creator of images of our society and problematic, the drama of misery, land, blood and jealousy”.
The Paraguayan people have Correa as a mirror of its hope, pain, and joy. He did not settle for just creating a story character, he also manifested their joy and sadness, and their moral ups and downs. In stage, he showed the audience the different shades of passion, all the rage of hatred and the goodness of compassion, his voice transmitted the sentiment of his art.
Work
His production includes:- Ñane mba’era’y (What cannot be ours)
- Guerra aja (During the war)
- Karai Ulogio (Mister Ulogio)
- Tereko yevy fréntepe (Go back to the front)
- Pleito rire (After the dispute)
- Péicha guarante (Just like that)
- Sandía yvyguy (Hidden watermelon)
- Karu poka (Poor eating)
- Honorio causa (Because of Honorio)
- Po’a nda ja jokoi (Luck is not stopped)
- Sombrero kaá (Guarani expression that means “the lover of another one’s love)
Julio Correa also wrote Yvy yara, Toribio, Yuaijhugui reí, Po’a rusuva and La culpa de bueno.
Among his stories are Nicolasia del Espiritu Santo (1943), El Padre Cantalicio, El borracho de la casa and El hombre que robó una pava (unconcluded), all of these were published after his death.
Last Years
He died on July 14, 1953 in LuqueLuque
Luque is a city in Central Department, Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. It is located at around . It is the location of the Silvio Pettirossi International Airport for Asunción and the headquarters of CONMEBOL...
, Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, city close to the Paraguayan capital. His house is nowadays the “Museum Julio Correa”.