Carlos Martínez Moreno

Carlos Martínez Moreno was born on 1 September 1917 in Colonia del Sacramento. A law graduate in 1948, he became a public defender in civil and criminal cases, while also working as a theatre critic, notably for the weekly Marcha from 1942. He defended political prisoners and joined the Frente Amplio in 1971; in 1972 a bomb destroyed part of his house. Exiled in 1977 to Barcelona, where he worked as a proofreader and translator, he left in 1978 for Mexico City, where he taught at the university. He died there on 21 February 1986, while preparing his return to Uruguay.

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• NovelEl paredónCarlos Martínez Moreno · 1963not translated into EnglishLiterature