César Miranda (Biography)

Biography of César Miranda written by William Belmont Parker

From Uruguayans of to-day ~ The Hispanic Society of America, 1921

CÉSAR MIRANDA

Author; public man.

‎ César Miranda, the son of Julián Miranda and Rosa Chaves, was born on the twenty-first of November, 1884, in the city of Salto, but was educated in Montevideo, where he attended the University and graduated with the title of Doctor of Laws in 1908. When he was twenty years old he became known as a poet through the publication of his Letanías simbólicas, and despite the distractions of a public career has always retained an active interest in literature.

‎ In two legislatures he represented Salto in the House of Representatives, where it fell to him to draw up numerous reports, among others on the law dealing with illegitimate paternity and on that enforcing a day of rest in the week. In 1916 and 1917 he was a member of the Constitutional Assembly. In 1919 he was again elected Deputy, this time for the Department of Montevideo, and was chosen President of the House of Representatives. He was appointed Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs in 1920, and on taking office resigned his seat in the House of Deputies. He is President of the Council for the Protection of Minors and Delinquents, and is a member of other official and private associations.

‎ Señor Miranda has written much, both in newspapers and periodicals, where his contributions usually appear over the nom de plume "Pablo de Grecia": during the years 1916-17 he was a member of the staff of La Razón and El Tiempo. With the Deputy Antuna he is the joint editor of La Defensa, the organ of the Vierista group of the Colorado Party. In addition to the book of poems referred to above, he published, in 1907, a second volume of poems, Las leyendas del alma, and, in 1916, Prosas.

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