Edgardo Alfredo Espino Najarro. Poeta salvadoreño

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En 1963 ocupó el puesto de Director General de Bellas Artes, y en 1967 fundó, en el parque Cuscatlán, la Galería Nacional de Arte (actualmente conocida como Sala Nacional de Exposiciones), centro cuya dirección asumió. Desde 1973 hasta su fallecimiento fue asesor cultural del gabinete del Director General de Cultura, Carlos de Sola.

La obra literaria de Salarrué lo ha colocado en el justo papel de clásico no sólo de la literatura salvadoreña, sino también de la cuentística en castellano. Su peculiar costumbrismo es más bien un énfasis en la lengua de su pueblo, una visión tierna de los pequeños seres que atraviesan, con su ternura y miseria, los paisajes de su país. Escribió acerca de campesinos y desplazados de las urbes, identificándose con sus problemas y rasgos, así como con su materia verbal, que reproduce la tensión idiomática entre los dialectos, las lenguas indígenas y el castellano.

En su caso también se ha hablado de realismo mágico: un buen ejemplo de ello es el célebre cuento "El anillo de Oricalco", que desarrolla el tema de la muerte, los indios magos, y el tópico del anillo encantado. Sus primeras novelas fueron El Cristo negro (1927) y El señor de la burbuja (1927). Con Oyarkandal (1929), recopilación de relatos, dio a conocer sus primeros cuentos fantásticos. Entre sus títulos posteriores deben destacarse Remontando el Uluán (1932),Cuentos de barro(1933), Conjeturas en la penumbra (1934), Eso y más (cuentos, 1940), Cuentos de cipotes (1945; 1961, edición íntegra), Trasmallo (cuentos, 1954), La espada y otras narraciones (1960), La sed de Sling Bader (novela, 1971), Catleya luna(novela, 1974) y Mundo nomasito (poemas, 1975). Entre 1969 y 1970, a instancias de la editorial de la Universidad de El Salvador, el poeta y narrador salvadoreño Hugo Lindo se encargó de prologar los dos tomos de las Obras escogidas de Salarrué, quien intervino directamente en la selección de los textos.

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(Sonsonate, 1899 - San Salvador, 1976) Salvadoran artist and writer also known by the pseudonym Salarrué, one of the key voices of American literature for its concision and strength in the recreation of the reality of his people.

His identification with the world of Salvadoran peasant and his explorations in the eastern and science fiction esoteric issues have led to value it as one of the initiators of the new Latin American narrative and as a leading exponent of the culture of their country. His Tales of clay (1933), stories of extreme brevity, helped shape the aesthetics of the Hispanic American story.

Installed with his family in the Salvadoran capital from the eight years, ten years and his first texts published in the Journal of El Salvador. Formed in the Salvadoran Grammar school, the National Institute and the Academy of Commerce, also studied painting and drawing with the Greek-Russian master Spiro Rossolimo, and later, thanks to a scholarship at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, where twenty years made his first solo exhibition at the Hisada's Gallery.

Back to El Salvador, he married the artist Zelie Lardé and began providing labor services at the Red Cross. In 1928 he was hired as editor of the newspaper Patria, led by writer Alberto Masferrer and Alberto Trigueros War. He published articles there and his first stories, then regrouped in Tales cipotes. He founded and directed the Spiral Amatl and magazines; throughout his life he would collaborate on numerous rotary and literary and artistic magazines.

Member of the Society of Friends of Art (1935-1939), for several years worked as cultural attache of the US diplomatic delegation and participated in the Conference on Education organized in July 1941 by the University of Michigan. He alternated literature with painting; especially recalls the success of its exhibitions in New York and San Francisco (1947-49) and some of those made later in his country and again in the United States between 1958 and 1963. Another of his artistic facets was the composer : you owe more than a hundred songs.

In 1963 he held the post of Director General of Fine Arts, and in 1967 founded in Cuscatlan Park, National Gallery of Art (now known as National Exhibition Hall), whose direction assumed center. From 1973 until his death was cultural adviser Cabinet Director General of Culture, Carlos de Sola.

Salarrué literary work has placed it at the right classic role not only of Salvadoran literature, but also of the short story in Castilian. Its peculiar manners is rather an emphasis on the language of his people, a tender vision of small beings that cross, with his tenderness and misery, the landscapes of his country. He wrote about peasants and displaced from the cities, identifying with their problems and features, as well as its verbal material, which reproduces the linguistic tension between dialects, indigenous languages ​​and Castilian.

In his case it has also spoken of magical realism: a good example is the famous story "The ring Orichalcum" which develops the theme of death, magicians Indians, and the topic of the enchanted ring. His first novels were black Christ (1927) and Mr. Bubble (1927). With Oyarkandal (1929), collection of stories, unveiled its first fantastic stories. Among his later titles should be highlighted Mending the Uluán (1932), Tales of Clay (1933), Conjectures in the penumbra (1934), That and more (stories, 1940), Tales cipotes (1945, 1961, complete edition), Trammel (stories, 1954), The sword and other stories (1960), The thirst of Sling Bader (novel, 1971), Catleya moon (novel, 1974) and World nomasito (poems, 1975). Between 1969 and 1970, at the request of the publisher of the University of El Salvador, the Salvadoran poet and storyteller Hugo Lindo he took care of prefacing the two volumes of the Selected Works of Salarrué, who was directly involved in the selection of texts.

Alberto Masferrer

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(Vicente Alberto Masferrer Mónico; Tecapa, 1868 - San Salvador, 1932) Escritor e intelectual salvadoreño. De personalidad polémica, fue una de las figuras más dinámicas de la vida cultural y política de su país y ejerció una fuerte influencia en las generaciones más jóvenes.

Hijo de una ciudadana salvadoreña, Leonor Mónico, y de un español afincado en El Salvador, Enrique Masferrer, su padre se negó en un principio a reconocerlo como vástago; posteriormente se avino a reconocer su paternidad y Alberto pasó a vivir a la casa de su padre. Cursó sus primeras letras en la escuela de Jucuapa, y, a los diez años de edad, ingresó colegio que había fundado en San Salvador