Bernardo Verbitsky


Bernardo Verbitsky was an Argentine writer and journalist.

Biography

Verbitsky was born of Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant parents. He was a screenwriter, a journalist from Noticias Gráficas, and a member of Academia Porteña del Lunfardo. He reported Buenos Aires' ups and downs; his writings were linked to tango and other essential aspects of the city. Hugo del Carril based its 1958 motion picture Una cita con la vida on Verbitsky's novel Calles de tango.
His 1957 novel Villa Miseria también es América gave its popular name to Argentina's shanty towns.
Bernardo Verbitsky died in Buenos Aires on 15 March 1979.
Verbitsky is the father of journalist and activist Horacio Verbitsky.

Awards

  • "Ricardo Güiraldes" award, by Es Difícil Empezar a Vivir.
  • "Alberto Gerchunoff" award by Es Difícil Empezar a Vivir.
  • "Faja de Honor" of the Writer's Argentina Society by En esos años.
  • "Municipal" award by Villa Miseria También Es América.
  • Mention in an award from Kraft Edit. by Villa Miseria también es América.
  • "Faja de Honor" of the SADE by La Neurosis Monta Su Espectáculo.
  • "Club of the XIII" by Hermana Y Sombra.
  • Dupuytrén Foundation award by Hermana Y Sombra.