Jaime Sáenz
Bolivian writer, dramaturge, and professor (1921–1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jaime Sáenz Guzmán (8 October 1921 – 16 August 1986) was a Bolivian writer, poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, illustrator, dramaturge, and professor, known best for his narrative and poetic works. His poetry, though individual to the point of being difficult to classify, bears some similarities with surrealist literature.
Jaime Sáenz | |
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Born | (1921-10-08)8 October 1921 La Paz, Bolivia |
Died | 16 August 1986(1986-08-16) (aged 64) La Paz, Bolivia |
Occupation | Writer, poet, storyteller |
He was born, lived, and died in the city of La Paz, which would come to be the setting permanently in the background of each of his works. He is recognized as one of the most important authors in Bolivian literature, as both his life and his work prominently highlighted 20th century Bolivian culture. There are a number of academic studies on his work, as well as translations in English, Italian, and German.
Throughout his life, Sáenz struggled with alcoholism, a struggle which he frequently wrote about in his poems. Accordingly, he is often viewed as a poète maudit or "cursed poet". Sáenz was openly, "unashamedly" bisexual.[1]