Hispanopedia WikiHomero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907 – May 3, 1951) was an Argentinetango lyricist, author of various famous tangos. He was also a filmmaker, notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), Argentina. Manzi was interested in literature and tango since he was young. After a brief incursion in journalism, he worked as a literature and Spanish professor but for political reasons (in addition to his membership in the Unión Cívica Radical) he was expelled from his professorship and decided to dedicate himself to the arts.
In 1935 he participated in the beginnings of FORJA (Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina – Force of Radical Orientation of the Young in Argentina), group whose position has been classified as “people's nationalism”. It was centered almost exclusively in the problems in Argentina and Latin America. They manifested to “reconquer the political Sunday from our own land” since it was considered that the country was still in a colonial situation. In relation to the European conflict at the time, it supported a neutral position sustaining that there was no great interest was in play in Argentina or Latin America, it was more of a rejection position towards fascism just as much as communism.[1]
In 1934 Manzi founded Micrófono ("Microphone") magazine which covered subjects related to radio telephony, Argentine movies and film making. He wrote the screenplay for Nobleza Gaucha in 1937 in collaboration with Hugo Mac Dougall, and a new version of the silent movie of 1915, Huella ("Footprint") (1940), for which they received second prize from Buenos Aires City Hall. He also worked in Confesión ("Confession") (1940), without achieving commercial success with any of these movies.[2]
In 1940 Manzi started what would be a long collaboration with Ulyses Petit de Murat, writing the screenplay for Con el dedo en el gatillo ("Finger on the trigger") (1940) Fortín alto ("High Fort") (1940), and The Gaucho War (1942). At the 1943 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, Manzi and Murat won the Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for their screenplay of The Gaucho War which proved highly successful.[3]
El jueves 3 de mayo de 1951, el poeta falleció prematuramente a causa de un cáncer.
Letra de tango de Homero Manzi
- Milonga Arrabal
- Así Es El Tango
- Ay De Mí
- Bandoneón Amigo
- Barrio De Tango (1942), música de Aníbal Troilo .
- Betinotti (1938), música de Sebastián Piana .
- Borracho Porque Digo La Verdad
- Buenos Aires Colina Chata
- Canto De Ausencia
- Carnavalera
- Che Bandoneón (1950), música de Aníbal Troilo.
- Cornetín
- Dale Dale
- Definiciones Para Esperar Mi Muerte
- Desde El Alma (vals)
- Después (1937), música de Hugo Gutiérrez.
- De Ayer A Hoy
- De Barro
- Discepolín (1950), música de Aníbal Troilo.
- El Pescante (1934), música de Sebastián Piana.
- El Romántico Fulero
- El Último Organito (1948), música de Acho Manzi .
- Ensueño (vals)
- En Un Ranchito De Alsina - Nobleza De Arrabal
- Esquinas Porteñas (vals)
- Eufemio Pizarro
- Fruta Amarga
- Fueye
- Fuimos (1945), música de José Dames .
- Gato
- Gota De Lluvia (vals)
- Horizontes
- Juan Manuel
- La Mariposa Y La Flor Tango Canción
- La Pequeña Canción
- Llanto
- Llorarás, Llorarás (vals)
- Malena (1941), música de Lucio Demare .
- Mano Blanca (1939), música de Antonio de Bassi .
- Milonga Mariana
- Mañana Zarpa Un Barco (1942), música de Lucio Demare.
- Milonga Del 900
- Milonga De Los Fortines
- Milonga De Puente Alsina
- Milonga Sentimental (1932), música de Sebastián Piana.
- Milonga Triste (1937), música de Sebastián Piana.
- Milongón
- Mi Taza De Café
- Monte Criollo (1935), música de Francisco Nicolás Pracanico .
- Muchacho Del Cafetin
- Negra María (1942), música de Lucio Demare.
- Negro Lindo
- Ninguna (1942), música de Raúl Fernández Siro .
- Oro y Plata
- Paisaje (vals)
- Papá Baltasar (1942), música de Sebastián Piana.
- Milonga Pena Mulata
- Por Qué
- Ramayón
- abrir
- Romance De Barrio (vals)
- Romántica (vals)
- Ronda De Ases
- Ropa Blanca
- Rosedal
- Se Va La Murga
- Sur (1948), música de Aníbal Troilo.
- Tal Vez Será Su Voz (1943), música de Lucio Demare.
- Tango (Voz de Tango) (1942), música de Sebastián Piana.
- Tapera
- Te Lloran Mis Ojos
- Torrente
- Triste Paica
- Tu Pálida Voz
- Una Lágrima Tuya (1949), música de Mariano Mores .
- Valsecito De Antes (vals)
- Veintiguatro De Agosto
- Viejo Ciego (1926), música de Sebastián Piana y Cátulo Castillo .
- Voz De Tango
- Yo Soy Del 30
Filmografía seleccionada
- Los Caranchos de Florida (1938)
- Su mejor alumno (1944)
- Pampas salvajes (1945)
- Donde las palabras fallan (1946)
- Mi pobre y amada madre (1948)
Referencias
- ↑ (en español) Buchrucker, Cristian, Nacionalismo y peronismo pág. 258 y 269, 1987, Buenos Aires. Editorial Sudamericana, ISBN 950-07-0430-7
- ↑(in Spanish) Salas, Horacio, Homero Manzi y su tiempo pág. 198, 2001, Buenos Aires, Javier Vergara editor, ISBN 950-15-2244-X
- ↑Oliveri, Ricardo García (1994). Lucas Demare (in Spanish). Centro Editor de América Latina. p. 60. ISBN 9789502531670.
- Juan Angel Russo & Santiago D. Marpegan. Letras de Tango. Basilico (1999)
External links
- Homero Manzi on tango.info
- 1907 births
- 1951 deaths
- People from Santiago del Estero Province
- Argentine people of Italian descent
- Radical Civic Union politicians
- Tango poets
- Argentine male screenwriters
- Argentine film score composers
- Argentine male film score composers
- Argentine film directors
- Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery
- Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay winners
- 20th-century Argentine poets
- 20th-century Argentine composers
- 20th-century Argentine male composers
- 20th-century Argentine male writers
- 20th-century Argentine male musicians
- Argentine tango lyricists
- 20th-century Argentine screenwriters
- 20th-century Argentine journalists
- 20th-century Argentine male journalists