Jaime Saenz

Spanish Language, Author

1921 – 1986

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Who was Jaime Saenz?

Jaime Sáenz Guzmán was a Bolivian poet, novelist, and short story writer. Born in the city of La Paz, he lived his entire life there, and the rough topography and harsh climate of this Andean city had a powerful effect on much of his work. His poetry, though individual to the point of being difficult to classify, bears some similarities with surrealist literature.

Throughout his life, Sáenz struggled with alcoholism, a struggle about which he frequently wrote in his poems. Accordingly, he is often viewed as a sort of poète maudit, or "cursed poet". Sáenz was openly, "unashamedly", bisexual.

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Born
Oct 8, 1921
La Paz
Also known as
  • Jaime Sáenz
Nationality
  • Bolivia
Profession
Died
Aug 16, 1986
La Paz

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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