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