User:GRWNews/Mauricio Rosencof

Mauricio Rosencof (born June 30, 1933) is an Uruguayan writer and political activist. He was born in the Department (Province) of Florida, Uruguay to Polish-Jewish immigrants.

Rosencof began his career as a journalist, and developed into a celebrated playwright, poet and novelist. He become politically active, founding the Communist Youth Union and later becoming a leader in the National Liberation Movement, also called the Tupamaros. He was arrested in 1972, was brutally tortured, and sentenced to 13 years in solitary confinement in a two-meter-by-two-meter cell. He was released in 1985. He currently lives in Montevideo.

Works

 * (2009) Half the World
 * (2007) A Gondola Anchored at the Corner
 * (2005) The Neighborhood Was a Party
 * (2004) Legends of the Grandfather of the Later
 * (2003) The Letters That Never Came
 * (1994) The Margarita. Love Story in 25 Sonnets
 * (1992) Seller Relics
 * (1989) Proceedings of the Cell (co-authored with Eleuterio Fernandez Huidobro)
 * (1988) The Child She Is Expecting
 * (1987) The Return of the Great Tuleque
 * (1986) The Luxury of Waiting
 * (1985) The Battle of the Barn
 * (1985) The Sack of Antonio
 * (1967) Horses
 * (1961) Frogs
 * (1961) The Bag
 * (1960) The Great Tuleque