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Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; Latin American Spanish: [ˈxuljo koɾˈtasaɾ] ⓘ) was an Argentine and naturalised French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator.
Julio Cortázar (born August 26, 1914, Brussels, Belgium—died February 12, 1984, Paris, France) was an Argentine novelist and short-story writer who combined existential questioning with experimental writing techniques in his works.
Apr 19, 2020 · Influenced by the European movements of nineteenth century Symbolism and twentieth century Surrealism, Julio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) combines symbols, dreams, and the fantastic with what seems to be an ordinary, realistic situation in order to expose a different kind of reality that exists in the innermost heart and mind ...
When Julio Cortázar died of cancer in February 1984 at the age of sixty-nine, the Madrid newspaper El Pais hailed him as one of Latin America’s greatest writers and over two days carried eleven full pages of tributes, reminiscences, and farewells. Though Cortá...
‘Axolotl’ is a short story by the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar (1914-84). The story was published in Cortázar’s 1956 collection End of the Game and Other Stories. ‘Axolotl’ is narrated by a lonely man who regularly visits the local zoo, where he becomes fascinated by the axolotls in the aquarium.
Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and most of his best-known work was written in France, where he established himself in 1951.
Dec 24, 2014 · Julio Cortázar, whose novel, ‘Hopscotch,’ is probably the best Latin American novel of our times, would suggest that any attempt to reduce a work so complex, profound, concrete, so ...
Aug 30, 2014 · The great Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar was born 100 years ago this week; while Cortázar is known for the surreal masterpiece Hopscotch, critic Juan Vidal says it's his poetry that...
Julio Cortázar has 673 books on Goodreads with 479362 ratings. Julio Cortázar’s most popular book is Hopscotch.
Nov 15, 2021 · Julio Cortázar never became a symbol of the classic intellectual: private and introverted. In his younger days, he participated in many protests against Juan Perón and his military dictatorship. But it wasn’t until the 60s that he became a truly confident, passionate activist.
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