Cortazar biography
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Julio Cortázar (August 26, – February 12, ) was an Argentine intellectual and author of highly experimental novels and short stories who is considered to be one of the most important authors in the history of South American magic realism. Deeply influenced by Jorge Luis Borges, Cortazar created in his fiction worlds where the laws of ordinary reality are almost always subverted by the surreal and the fantastical. In addition to bending the laws of reality, Cortazar's fiction, his novel Hopscotch in particular, is notable for its highly innovative experiments with form: Hopscotch is written as two stories interweaved, one of which can be followed bygd reading the chapters in sequential order, and the other of which requires the reader to "hop" across the book according to a random sequence of numbers.
Along with Borges, Cortazar is often considered to be one of the most important Argentinian writers of the twentieth century, and his influence on the development of
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Julio Cortázar was born in Belgium, and when the First World War ended, he moved with his family to Buenos Aires. A great admirer of Jorge Luis Borges, Cortázar very early identified with the Surrealist movement. He studied Literature and education, and worked as a teacher in several cities in Argentina, while he published literary criticism, articles and short stories. In the 40s he settled in Paris, where he worked for UNESCO as a translator. In , he published Rayuela, a novelwhich caused an upheaval in the cultural landscape and established him as one of the most innovative and original writers of his time. A master of the short story and poetic prose, his "miscellanies", in which he mixes fiction, chronicle, poetry and essays are also important. In the Fundación Konex awarded him the Premio Konex de Honor posthumously for his contribution to the history of Argentine literature.
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Julio Cortázar
Argentine writer (–)
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Born 26 August &#;()
Ixelles, BelgiumDied 12 February () (aged&#;69)
Paris, FranceResting place Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris Occupation Writer, translator Nationality Argentine, French Genre Short story, poetry, novel Literary movement Latin American Boom Notable works Hopscotch
Blow-up and Other StoriesNotable awards Prix Médicis (France, ), Rubén Darío Order of Cultural Independence (Nicaragua, ) Julio Florencio Cortázar[1] (26 August – 12 February ; Latin American Spanish:[ˈxuljokoɾˈtasaɾ]ⓘ) was an Argentine and naturalised Frenchnovelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.
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