He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show. Like poe, whom quiroga admired and who influenced the uruguayan. Horacio silvestre quiroga forteza 31 december 1878 19 february 1937 was a uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer he wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. Horacio quiroga horacio quiroga 18781937 was a uruguayan writer. In 1901, he published his first collection of poems, coral reefs, and over the. Horacio silvestre quiroga forteza was an uruguayan novelist, poet, and above all short story writer.
For something that is public domain, you can probably find a nice quality as a pdf file online, and print it out for less expense. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use. Sein vater starb einige monate danach bei einem jagdunfall. Horacio quiroga 1 horacio quiroga horacio quiroga horacio quiroga en 1900. Nel 1898 conosce leopoldo lugones, considerato uno dei. The first of these elements, tragic violence, punctuates quirogas lifeso much so, in fact, that were his biography offered as fiction. Quiroga finished school in montevideo, the capital of uruguay. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, rss feeds, cd cover or other formats if available, please go to the librivox. Horacio quiroga holds much the same position in spanish american literature as does edgar allan poe in north american letters.
Horacio quiroga, born december 31, 1878, salto, uruguaydied february 19, 1937, buenos aires, argentina, uruguayanborn shortstory writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of man and animal to survive in the tropical jungle earned him recognition as a master of the short story. Though born and raised in uruguay, he spent most of his years in neighboring argentina. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Horacio quiroga is regarded as one of the originators of latin americas short story. Pdf biografia horacio quiroga nico benitez academia. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states, a skill he gleaned from edgar allan poe. Examine the life, times, and work of horacio quiroga through detailed author. Horacio quiroga was born on december 31, 1878, in salto, uruguay, and died on february 19, 1937, in buenos aires 2, argentina.
Horacio quiroga was born december 31, 1878, in salto, uruguay. Pdf enfermedad y literatura en horacio quiroga researchgate. Literature, stories and novels in spanish by horacio quiroga. Horacio silvestre quiroga forteza 31 december 1878 19 february 1937 was a uruguayan. His short stories are ranked among the best to emerge from latin america horacio quiroga was born on december 31, 1878, in salto, uruguay, and died on february 19, 1937, in buenos aires, argentina. Horacio quiroga nacque a salto, in uruguay, il 31 dicembre 1878, ultimo dei quattro figli di prudencio quiroga e juana petrona forteza. He described his technique in what he called his manual of the perfect short. He also excelled in depicting mental illness and hallucinatory states, in stories that. Enigma, loneliness and exile are the subjects of the three stories wich are analysed.
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