Mario Benedetti Death
Mario passed away on May 17, 2009 at the age of 88.
Mario Benedetti death quick facts:
When did Mario Benedetti die?
May 17, 2009How old was Mario Benedetti when died?
88
Mario Benedetti Birthday and Date of Death
Mario Benedetti was born on September 14, 1920 and died on May 17, 2009. Mario was 88 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: September 14, 1920
Date of Death: May 17, 2009
Age at Death: 88
Mario Benedetti - Biography
Mario Orlando Hardy Hamlet Brenno Benedetti Farrugia (14 September 1920 – 17 May 2009), known as Mario Benedetti, was an Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet as well as being an integral member of the Generación del 45. In spite of publishing more than 80 books and being published in twenty languages he was not well known in the English-speaking world, but in the Spanish-speaking world he was considered one of Latin America's most important writers from the latter half of the 20th-century.
