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| Blanca WiethΓΌchter |
WIETHΓCHTER LΓPEZ, Blanca (La Paz,
Bolivia, 1947- Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2004).- Poet and essayist. Blanca
WiethΓΌchter studied at the Colegio AlemΓ‘n, in La Paz, and in 1971 she graduated
from the Faculty of Letters at the UMSA. In 1973 he obtained a degree in
pedagogy at the University of Paris V (Sorbonne) and in 1975 the degree of
'maitrise' in Latin American Literature at the University of Paris VIII
(Vincennes), with the thesis on the poetic work of Jaime Saenz. Professor of
the literature program at the Universidad Mayor de San AndrΓ©s in La Paz (he was
in charge of the Creative Writing Workshop) and at the Catholic University of La
Paz. Founder - along with Alberto Villalpando - of the cultural space
'Puraduralubia' (1993). He directed the editorials 'The Little Sitting Woman'
and 'The Little Sitting Man'. He has directed - together with Alba MarΓa Paz
SoldΓ‘n - the research and writing of the study entitled: Towards a critical
history of literature in Bolivia, published in two volumes in 2002, in which
new milestones are proposed for understanding national literature. Her first
book, Attend Time, was prefaced by the poet Jaime Saenz who wrote for this
purpose: "Blanca WiethΓΌchter belongs to a new generation that bursts forth
under the sign of authenticity. /.../ Singing to the city is singing to
everything that the city implies. Such is the song in the poetry of Blanca
WiethΓΌchter. For in the midst of the enigma of the deep city; in the midst of a
vague inexpressible feeling, of joy and darkness, we always wonder what the
city will be like - how it will be the city". The poem 'Like an echo'
expresses: “Under your form / like a spring / the night rests / in the air. /
Your permanence / matured memory / extends / while your vigil / separates you
with the star / while my word / is torn apart / and poured / bursting / in a
cry of water.
BOOKS Poetry: Attending Time (1975);
Crossing (1978); November 79 (1979); Living wood and deceased tree (1982);
Territorial (1983); In the black enchanted lips (1989), Green is not a color
(1992), The rigor of the flame (1994); The Lizard (1995); The stone that carves
another stone (1998); Ithaca (2000); Luminar (2005); Angels of Fear (2005).
Story: Nora's Garden (1998). Essay: Structures of the imaginary in the poetic
work of Jaime Saenz (1975); PΓ©rez AlcalΓ‘, or the melancholic paths of time
(1997); Towards a critical history of literature in Bolivia (2 v., co-author
Alba MarΓa Paz SoldΓ‘n et al., 2002). Report: Requested report (s/ Jaime Saenz,
1989); Geography sounds. Critical biography of Alberto Villalpando (co-author
with Carlos Rosso, 2005).
SOURCES.- R. Vargas, “Green is not a
color”, HERE/Pegatina, 12, September 1992, 2; Marjorie Agosin, “The rigor of
the flame”, PL, 09/17/1995, 4; J. Saenz, Attending time, 10-12; WiethΓΌchter,
Attending Time, 49; MΓ³nica VelΓ‘squez, “Blanca's last metamorphosis”, La
Prensa/Oh, 10/31/2004, 7; C. Mesa G., “Your living wood”, La Prensa/Oh,
10/31/2004, 7; M. VelΓ‘squez G., “The Book Fair honored…”, La Prensa/Oh,
08/21/2005, 4-5; A. MarΓa PΓ‘z SoldΓ‘n, “B.W.: Writing and its ‘reasons’”, Rev.
Cultural FCBCB, 32, 2005, 17-25
