Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Silva, Ludovico
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Silva, Ludovico, 1937-1988
Other form(s) of name
- Ludovico Silva
- Luis José Silva Michelena
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1937-1988
History
Ludovico Silva was a poet, philosopher, essayist, literary critic, and professor at the Universidad Central in Caracas, Venezuela. He authored over thirty books and was one of the founders of the magazine «Papeles». In the 1970's and 1980's, his writing turned to ideas of alienation, socialism, and Marxism. It was Silva who asked Merton about a typical day at the hermitage which prompted Merton to write one of his most famous pieces, "Day of a Stranger". Merton also wrote a prologue for Silva's poem and book, «Boom!!!». (Source: «The Courage for Truth», p. 223.)