{{Short description|Uruguayan revolutionary and writer (1933–2018)}} {{Infobox writer | name = Daniel Chavarría | image = Daniel Chavarría.jpg | image_size = 150px | caption = Chavarría | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1933|11|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = San José de Mayo | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|04|06|1933|11|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Havana, Cuba | nationality = Uruguayan-Cuban | occupation = Writer, Translator | language = Spanish | period = | genre = | subject = }}
'''Daniel Chavarría''' (23 November 1933<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zVRKAAAAYAAJ&q=Daniel+Chavarria+23+de+noviembre+de+1933|title=Completo Camagüey|last1=Chavarría|first1=Daniel|last2=Vasco|first2=Justo E.|date=1990|publisher=Editorial Letras Cubanas|language=es}}</ref> – 6 April 2018)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.granma.cu/cultura/2018-04-06/fallecio-daniel-chavarria-icono-de-la-literatura-policial-en-america-latina-06-04-2018-19-04-58|title=Falleció Daniel Chavarría, ícono de la literatura policial en América Latina|work=Granma.cu|access-date=2018-04-08|language=es-ES}}</ref> was a Uruguayan revolutionary, writer and translator, who lived in Cuba since the 1960s. He had a son with Dora Salazar, Daniel Chavarria, and raised his sister.
== Life and works == Daniel Chavarría was born in San José de Mayo, Uruguay.<ref name=":1" />
In 1964, while Chavarría was living in Brazil, there was a military coup and he fled to work amongst the gold seekers in the Amazon. Later on, he fled to Cuba. There he began working as a Latin and Greek translator and teacher. Subsequently he began his career as a writer. Daniel Chavarría defined himself as a Uruguayan citizen and a Cuban writer.
Chavarría’s style of writing is within the Latin American tradition of political writers, such as Gabriel García Márquez. He mentioned that as a child, he read Jules Verne, Emilio Salgari and Alexandre Dumas, and their influence can be detected in his writing. For example, in ''Tango for a Torturer'', the influence of ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' is clear.
Chavarría’s life and writings clearly show his communist and revolutionary background. He was a well known supporter of the Cuban Revolution.<ref name=":0" />
In 2010, Chavarría won Cuba's National Prize for Literature.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=37644 |title=Daniel Chavarría gets National Literature Prize |work=Havana Times |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=February 12, 2011 |accessdate=December 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=381894&CategoryId=14510 |title=Uruguay's Daniel Chavarria Wins Cuban Literature Prize |work=Latin American Herald Tribune |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |year=2011 |accessdate=December 20, 2012 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219122236/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=381894&CategoryId=14510 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Chavarría died in Havana on 6 April 2018, aged 84.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
== Bibliography == * 1978 ''Joy'' * 1984 ''The 6th Island'' * 1991 ''Allá Ellos'' * 1993 ''The Eye of Cybele'' * 1994 ''Adiós muchachos'' * 1999 ''That Year in Madrid'' * 2001 ''Tango for a Torturer'' * 2001 ''El rojo en la pluma del loro'' * 2004 ''Viudas de sangre'' * 2005 ''Príapos'' * 2006 ''Una pica en Flandes''
== Awards == '''Joy:''' * Aniversario de la Revolución, La Habana, 1975. * Capitán San Luis, 1978.
'''The 6th island:''' * Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.
'''Allá ellos:''' * Dashiell Hammett Award, Gijón, 1992.
'''The Eye of Cybele:''' * Planeta-Joaquín Mortiz, México, 1993. * Educación y Cultura, Montevideo, 1994. * Ennio Flaiano, Pescara, 1998. * Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.
'''Adiós Muchachos:''' * Edgar Allan Poe Award - Best Paperback Original, New York, 2002
'''Tango for a Torturer:''' * Casa de las Américas Prize, La Habana, 2000. * Premio de la Crítica, La Habana.
'''Viudas de sangre''': * Premio Alejo Carpentier, La Habana, 2004.
'''Other''' * National Prize for Literature, 2010
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.resistenze.org/sito/te/po/cu/pocu3g24.htm Perché ho deciso di vivere a Cuba] {{in lang|it}}
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