Mauricio Rosencof

Mauricio Rosencof was born on 30 June 1933 in Florida, Uruguay, into a Jewish family that had emigrated from Poland. A journalist and playwright, he took part in the founding of the Union of Communist Youth, then became one of the leaders of the Tupamaros National Liberation Movement. Arrested and tortured in 1972, he was declared a hostage after the coup d'état of 1973, together with eight other prisoners, and spent more than ten years in isolation in tiny cells. Released in 1985, he directed the Culture department of the city of Montevideo from 2005 to 2020 and received the Bartolomé Hidalgo Prize for his body of work.

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• NovelThe Letters That Never CameLas cartas que no llegaronMauricio Rosencof · 2000Literature