Public figure
Circe Maia Silver
Uruguayan writer, poet, teacher, and translator
Circe Maia is an Uruguayan writer, poet, teacher, and translator. Born 1932 in Montevideo.
At a glance
Gold- Born
- 1932-06-29, Montevideo
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Occupations
- poet, translator, writer, essayist, philosophy teacher
- Fields
- poetry, essay
Education and professional journey
SilverEducation
- Instituto de Profesores Artigas
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación (Universidad de la República)
Awards and recognition
Silver- Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo 2015
- Federico García Lorca International Poetry award 2023
- Premio Internacional Mario Benedetti 2023
- Medalla Delmira Agustini 2013
- Ciudadano Ilustre de Montevideo 2013
- Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award 2026
- Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo 2010
- Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo 2017
Personal journey
- Languages
- Spanish
Due diligence
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What we have, and what we might have wrong
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- Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
- Wikimedia Commons. Photo, see the file page for licence
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