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Memorial Page for Mario Benedetti (née Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia)
Sep 14, 1920 – May 17, 2009(88 years)Died in:Montevideo, Montevideo Department
Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet
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Mario Benedetti (* September 14, 1920 in Paso de los Toros; † May 17, 2009 in Montevideo) was an uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet. He was 88 years old. He received 7 awards, including Order of Francisco de Miranda, honorary doctor of the University of Alicante. His cause of death was asthma. He was buried at Central Cemetery of Montevideo.
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5 EventsBorn in Paso de los Toros, Tacuarembó Department
1920honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid
1997Reina Sofía Award
1999Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
2005Died in Montevideo, Montevideo Department (asthma)
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Mario Benedetti (née Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia). Forever remembered.