“If everything you offered was not enough, offer your absence.” - Mario Benedetti Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) was a Uruguayan poet, novelist, and essayist who

“If everything you offered was not enough, offer your absence.” - Mario Benedetti Mario Benedetti (1920–2009) was a Uruguayan poet, novelist, and essayist whose writing explored love, loneliness, memory, politics, and the details of everyday life. Born in Paso de los Toros and raised largely in M…