![]() ![]() In those years he learned shorthand, which was his livelihood for a long time. ![]() For two years afterwards he studied at Liceo Miranda, but for the rest of his high school years he did not attend an educational institution. His father immediately removed him from the school when Nazi ideology started featuring in the classroom. Mario completed six years of primary school at the Deutsche Schule Montevideo, where he also learned German, which later allowed him to be the first translator of Franz Kafka in Uruguay. Two years later, they moved to Tacuarembó, the capital city of the province, and shortly after that, his father tried to buy a chemist’s but was swindled and went into bankruptcy, so they moved and settled in Montevideo, the capital city of the country, where they lived in difficult economic conditions. Benedetti was born 1920 in Paso de los Toros in the Uruguayan Tacuarembó Department to Brenno Benedetti, a pharmaceutical and chemical winemaker and Matilde Farrugia who were of Italian descent. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |