Salvador Elizondo

Infobox Writer
name = Salvador Elizondo


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birthdate = birth date|1932|12|19|mf=y
birthplace = Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
deathdate = death date|2006|3|29|mf=y (age 74)
deathplace = Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
occupation = Writer.
nationality = Mexican

Salvador Elizondo Alcalde (Mexico City, December 19 1932 - March 29 2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature.

Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, exeprimental, intelligent style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist. His most famous novels are "Farabeuf" (1965) and "El hipogeo Secreto" (1968). He is also known for "El grafógrafo" (1972) which is a series of short texts based on linguistic abbreviatory experimentation.

His style is considered innovative among Mexican contemporary literature for introducing a cosmopolitan view of language and narrative, bringing elements from external literary currents and languages to a refined dialogue of thought and communication. His technique is considered rather unrealistic and proto-fictional, as opposed to magical realism. His works are associated with writers such as Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo and Georges Bataille. He was also a Professor at UNAM for 25 years and received many international grants, such as the Guggenheim and Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the 1990 national prize of literature. Elizondo died in Mexico City on March 29, 2006, of cancer. His funeral was held at the palacio de Bellas Artes.

Works

*"Poemas", 1960
*"Luchino Visconti" (críticism), 1963
*"Farabeuf o la crónica de un instante" (novela), 1965
*"Narda o el verano", 1966
*"Autobiografía", 1966
*"El hipogeo secreto" (novela) 1968
*"Cuaderno de escritura" (críticism), 1969
*"El retrato de Zoe", 1969
*"El grafógrafo", 1972
*"Contextos" (critical articles), 1973
*"Museo poético" (anthology of modern Mexican poetry), 1974
*"Antología personal", 1974
*"Miscast" (A comedy in three Acts), 1981
*"Camera lucida", México, 1983
*"La luz que regresa", 1984
*"Elsinore: un cuaderno", 1988
*"Estanquillo (textos)", 1992
*"Teoría del infierno", 1993
*"Pasado Anterior" 2007

Awards

* Xavier Villaurrutia Prize (1965)

External links

* [http://www.pleroma.com.mx/elizondo/elizondo_index.html Site and Trailer of the Documental "El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo"] a film from Gerardo Villegas, about life and works Salvador Elizondo (Spanish Site).