Julio Cortázar
Born 26 August 1914 · Died 12 February 1984
From Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium · Nationality: Mexico, France
Julio Florencio Cortázar (Ixelles, August 26, 1914 – Paris, February 12, 1984) was an Argentine writer, poet and teacher. He also worked as a translator, a trade he practiced for UNESCO and several publishing houses. In 1981, without giving up his Argentine nationality, he chose French citizenship in protest against the military dictatorship in his country, which banned his books, and from his home in Paris he denounced that regime to the international press.
He is considered one of the most innovative and original authors of his time, a master of the short story, poetic prose and brief narrative in general, and the creator of important novels, among which Hopscotch stands out. This book opened a new way of making literature in the Spanish-speaking world. Alongside Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes, he was one of the central figures of the Latin American Boom.
Source: Wikipedia
Quotes
“Andábamos sin buscarnos pero sabiendo que andábamos para encontrarnos.”
Rayuela Hopscotch “Nada está perdido si se tiene el valor de proclamar que todo está perdido y hay que empezar de nuevo.”
Rayuela Hopscotch “Ahora pasa que las tortugas son grandes admiradoras de la velocidad, como es natural.”
Historias de Cronopios y de Famas “The snail lives the way I like to live; he carries his own home with him.”
Julio Cortázar
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Books by Julio Cortázar in order
Books by Julio Cortázar in the order they were published, from Bestiario (1951) to Cuentos Completos (2007).
- 1Bestiario
Bestiario1951 - 2End of the Game, and Other Stories
End of the Game, and Other Stories1956 - 3Los premios
Los premios1960 - 4Cronopios and Famas
Cronopios and Famas1962 - 5Hopscotch
Hopscotch1963 - 6Las armas secretas
Las armas secretas1963 - 7All Fires the Fire
All Fires the Fire1966 - 8Around the Day in Eighty Worlds
Around the Day in Eighty Worlds1967 - 962: A Model Kit
62: A Model Kit1968 - 10Blow-Up, and Other StoriesBlow-Up, and Other Stories1968
- 11A Manual for Manuel
A Manual for Manuel1973 - 12Octaedro
Octaedro1974 - 13A Certain Lucas
A Certain Lucas1979 - 14A Change of Light and Other Stories
A Change of Light and Other Stories1980 - 15We Love Glenda so Much and Other Tales
We Love Glenda so Much and Other Tales1980 - 16Unreasonable Hours
Unreasonable Hours1982 - 17Salvo el crepúsculo
Salvo el crepúsculo1984 - 18Final Exam
Final Exam1986 - 19Grandes minicuentos fantásticos
Grandes minicuentos fantásticos2004 - 20Diary of Andrés Fava
Diary of Andrés Fava2005 - 21Autonauts of the Cosmoroute
Autonauts of the Cosmoroute2007 - 22Cuentos Completos
Cuentos Completos2007 - 23Nicaraguan Sketches
Nicaraguan Sketches