What is Washington Benavides?
[[File:WashingtonBenavides.png|right|thumb|200px|Washington Benavides]] '''Washington Benavides''' (March 3, 1930 – September 24, 2017) was a [[Uruguay]]an poet and musician. He was born in [[Tacuarembó]], Uruguay. During the 1950s he collaborated on the review ''Asir''. In 1955 he published his first book, ''[[Tata Vizcacha]]''. enavides taught literature at the secondary level. He later joined the Faculty of Humanities and Educational Sciences in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Letters of the [[University of the Republic, Uruguay]]. Benavides died of complications from [[pneumonia]] in [[Montevideo]], Uruguay on September 24, 2017 at the age of 87.<ref>[http://www.elobservador.com.uy/murio-el-poeta-washington-benavides-n1123572 Murió el poeta Washington Benavides] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Commonscat-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091019053517/http://ar.geocities.com/webratacruel03/enverso03.htm Songs and milongas by Washington Benavides] {{in lang|es}} *[http://www.tacuarembo2030.com/cultura/167-reflexiones-sobre-el-nuevo-libro-de-washington-benavides-el-frasco-azul-y-otros-frascos-.html ''El frasco azul y otros frascos''. Ediciones Abrelabios] {{in lang|es}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Benavides, Washington}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Uruguayan writers]] [[Category:Uruguayan poets]] [[Category:Uruguayan musicians]] [[Category:Uruguayan educators]]