Virginia Brindis de Salas

Virginia Brindis de Salas (1908–1958)^[1] was a poet of the black community of Uruguay. The country's leading black woman poet, she is also considered "the most militant among Afro-Uruguayan writers".^[2]

Background

Brindis de Salas was an active contributor to the black artistic journal Nuestra Raza. Her writings made her, along with Pilar Barrios, one of the few published Uruguayan women poets.^[3]

Poetry collections

Brindis de Salas published two collections of poetry. Pregón de Marimorena ("The Call of Mary Morena") was issued in 1946 and in 1949 she issued Cien Cárceles de Amor ("One Hundred Prisons of Love").^[4] According to Caroll Mills Young, in both collections Brindis de Salas "poetically evokes the social and cultural reality of Afro-Uruguay.... The volumes are intended to promote social change in Uruguay; they exemplify the poet's crusade for solidarity, equality, and dignity."^[5]

See also

• Afro-Uruguayan

References

1. Marvin A. Lewis, Afro-Uruguayan Literature: Post-colonial Perspectives, Bucknell University Press, 2003, p. 87.
2. Caroll Mills Young, "The Unmasking of Virginia Brindis de Salas: Minority Discourse of Afro-Uruguay", in Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writers, Ian Randle Publishers, 2003, pp. 11–24.
3. Faculty Senate: Faculty Achievement Database - Marshall University
4. Margaret Busby (ed.), "Virginia Brindis de Salas", Daughters of Africa, Jonathan Cape, 2991, p. 228.
5. Caroll Mills Young, in Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Daughters of the Diaspora (2003), p. 22.

Further reading

• Marvin A. Lewis, Afro-Uruguayan Literature: Post-colonial Perspectives, Bucknell University Press, 2003, pp. 87–93.
• Caroll Mills Young, "The Unmasking of Virginia Brindis de Salas: Minority Discourse of Afro-Uruguay", in Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Daughters of the Diaspora: Afra-Hispanic Writers, Ian Randle Publishers, 2003, pp. 11–24.