Benjamin Gaete
Benjamin Gaete was a 19th-century Chilean poet, writer, translator and civil servant. He is best remembered for his Castillian verses and period as the General Inspector of the Civil Registry of Chile.
Early life and writing career
[edit]Born in Talca, he was educated in the Instituto Nacional. He began producing poetry, which was translated into other languages, appearing in publications such as Revista Chilena, El Sud Améríca and La Época de Santiago. He published Castillian verses[1] in the poem El Intermezzo with the German Heinrich Heine.[2]
Civil service
[edit]From 1884 he served as the General Inspector of the Civil Registry of Chile.[2] He became responsible for the distribution of books in Chile.[3] He was still General Inspector of the Civil Registry in 1898.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Teses" (in Portuguese). Officinas Graphicas d'A Noite, Brazil. 1936. p. 119.
- ^ a b Pedro Pablo Figueroa (1897). Diccionario biográfico de Chile, tomo II (PDF) (in Spanish). Digitized by Memoria Chilena. p. 1.
- ^ "Estado civil: leyes, decretos y circulares relativos al matrimonio y al Rejistro Civil" (in Spanish). Impr. Nacional. 1982. p. 198.
- ^ "Boletin de las leyes i decretos del gobierno, Volume 66, Parts 1-2" (in Spanish). Imprenta de la Independencia. 1898. p. 482.
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