Augusto d'Halmar
Augusto d'Halmar | |
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.jpg) d'Halmar in 1906 | |
| Born | Augusto Goemine Thomson 23 April 1882 Santiago, Chile |
| Died | 27 January 1950 (aged 67) Putaendo, Chile |
Resting place | Santiago General Cemetery |
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| Writing career | |
| Pen name | Augusto d'Halmar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Notable awards | National Prize for Literature, 1942 |
Augusto Goemine Thomson (23 April 1882 – 27 January 1950), known by the pen name Augusto d’Halmar, was a Chilean writer, art critic and diplomat.[1] In 1942, d'Halmar was awarded the Chilean National Prize for Literature.[1]
Biography
Augusto Goemine Thomson was born on 23 April 1882 in Santiago to Augusto Goemine, a French navigator, and Manuela Thomson.[1] A few days after his birth d'Halmar's mother took him to Valparaíso.[1]
d'Halmar's pen name was in honour of his maternal great grandfather the Swede Baron de d’Halmar. His paternal great grandfather was the Scotsman Alexander Cross. Augusto was left an orphan at the age of 10 and he was reared by his stepsisters. He was a pupil in the Miguel Amunátegui Liceum from 1896 until he was interned in a Seminary which he abandoned in 1896 in order to devote himself entirely to literature. Good insights to Augusto's early life and family history can be read in "La Colonia Tolstoiana" by Fernando Santivan.[1]
Literary works
- Juana Lucero, novela (1902); en 1934 se publicó con el nombre de La Lucero.
- Vía crucis, (1906)
- Al caer la tarde, teatro, (1907)
- La lámpara en el molino, novela (1914).
- Los Alucinados, novela (1917).
- La Gatita, novela corta, (1917).
- La sombra del humo en el espejo, novela, (1918).
- Nirvana, poesía (1918)
- Mi otro yo, poesía (1920).
- Cuatro evangélicos en uno, edición de lujo (1922).
- Vía Crucis, edición ilustrada (1923).
- Pasión y muerte del cura Deusto (1924)
- La Mancha de Don Quijote (1934)
- Capitanes sin barco, tres novelas, novela (1934).
- Catita y otras narraciones, cuentos (1935).
- Amor, cara y cruz, novela y cuentos (1935).
- Lo que no se ha dicho sobre la actual revolución española, poesía (1936).
- Rubén Darío y los americanos en París (1941) ensayo.
- Palabras para canciones, poesía (1942).
- Mar, novela poemática, (1945).
- Carlos V en Yuste y Castilla (1945).
- Cristián y yo, cuentos (1946).
- Los 21, ensayo (1948)
- Cursos de oratoria, (1949).
- Recuerdos olvidados, poesía (1975).
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Augusto D'Halmar (1882-1950)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Digital National Library of Chile. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
- 1882 births
- 1950 deaths
- Chilean male novelists
- Chilean male poets
- Chilean people of French descent
- Chilean people of Scottish descent
- Chilean people of Swedish descent
- Gay poets
- Gay novelists
- Chilean LGBTQ poets
- Chilean LGBTQ novelists
- Chilean gay writers
- Modernismo
- Writers from Valparaíso
- National Prize for Literature (Chile) winners
- 20th-century Chilean poets
- 20th-century Chilean male writers
- 20th-century Chilean novelists
- Burials at Santiago General Cemetery