Fernán SILVA VALDÉS, Uruguayan writer, poet. Decorations: officer, Sol del Perú; awarded 1st national poetry prize, 1925. member national council on primary and normal edn.; member national fine arts commission; Member: Society General de Autores (director), Comisión de Cooperación Intelectual, P.E.N. Club, Academy Nacional de Letras, Society Amigos del Arte (director).