{{Short description|Argentine writer and journalist (1907–1979)}} right|thumb|Bernardo Verbitsky
'''Bernardo Verbitsky''' (22 November 1907 – 15 March 1979) was an Argentine writer and journalist.
== Biography == Verbitsky was born of Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant parents (his surname Verbitsky means willow in Ukrainian). He was a screenwriter, a journalist from ''Noticias Gráficas'', and a member of ''Academia Porteña del Lunfardo'' ("Buenos Aires Lunfardo's Academy"). He reported Buenos Aires' ups and downs; his writings were linked to tango and other essential aspects of the city. Hugo del Carril based its 1958 motion picture ''Una cita con la vida'' ("A date with life" [http://imdb.com/title/tt0185992/]) on Verbitsky's novel ''Calles de tango''.
His 1957 novel ''Villa Miseria también es América'' (roughly "Povertyville is also [a part of] America") gave its popular name to Argentina's shanty towns (''villas miseria'').
Bernardo Verbitsky died in Buenos Aires on 15 March 1979.
Verbitsky is the father of journalist and activist Horacio Verbitsky.
== Bibliography== *''Es difícil empezar a vivir'' ("It's hard to start living") (1940) *''Significación de Stefan Zweig'' -ensayo- (1942) *''En estos años'' ("During these years") (1947) *''Café de los Angelitos y otros cuentos porteños'' ("Little Angels' Café and other porteño stories") (1950) *''Una pequeña familia'' ("A small family") (1951) *''La esquina'' ("The corner") (1953) *''Calles de tango'' ("Tango streets") (1953) *''Vacaciones'' ("Vacations") (1953) *''Un noviazgo'' ("A relationship") (1956) *''Villa Miseria también es América'' ("Povertyville is also America") (1957) *''Megatón'' -poemas- (1959) *''El teatro de Arthur Miller'' -ensayo- (1959) *''La tierra es azul'' ("The Earth is blue") (1961) *''Hamlet y Don Quijote'' (ensayo) (1964) *''Un hombre de papel'' (1966) *''La neurosis monta su espectáculo'' (1969) *''Etiquetas a los hombres'' -edit. in Barcelona- (1972) *''Enamorado de Joan Baez'' -edit. in Barcelona- (1975) *''Literatura y consciencia nacional'' -ensayos- (1975) *''Octubre maduro'' -stories- (1976) *''Hermana y sombra'' (1977) *''A pesar de todo'' -stories- (1978)
== Awards == *"Ricardo Güiraldes" award, (in trial with Jorge Luis Borges, Guillermo De Torre y Norah Lange) by ''Es Difícil Empezar a Vivir'' (1941). *"Alberto Gerchunoff" award (1965) by ''Es Difícil Empezar a Vivir''. *"Faja de Honor" of the Writer's Argentina Society (SADE) by ''En esos años''. *"Municipal" award by ''Villa Miseria También Es América''. *Mention in an award from Kraft Edit. by ''Villa Miseria también es América''. *"Faja de Honor" of the SADE by ''La Neurosis Monta Su Espectáculo''. *"Club of the XIII" by ''Hermana Y Sombra''. *Dupuytrén Foundation award by ''Hermana Y Sombra''.
== Further reading == *[http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/BSMngrph&CISOPTR=25&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 ''Argentina's Jewish Short Story Writers''], Rita M. Gardiol, 1986. *[http://www.citylab.com/housing/2015/01/fighting-for-basic-services-and-news-in-the-slums/384594/ Irene Caselli: ''Fighting for Basic Services, and News, in the Slums'', 2015]
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== Sources == * This article draws from the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia. {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
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