- Horacio Quiroga
Infobox Person
name = Horacio Quiroga
caption = Horacio Quiroga
birth_date = birth date|1878|12|31|mf=y
birth_place = Salto,Uruguay
dead = dead
death_date = death date and age|1937|2|19|1878|12|31|mf=y
death_place =Buenos Aires ,Argentina Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (b. Salto-
Uruguay ,December 31 ,1878 –Buenos Aires -Argentina ,February 19 ,1937 ) was anUruguay an author and writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use of thesupernatural and thebizarre show the influence ofmodernismo ,Edgar Allan Poe , andRudyard Kipling , among others. Quiroga's influence can be seen in themagic realism ofGabriel García Márquez and thepostmodern surrealism ofJulio Cortázar .Biography
His most well known works are "Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte" (1917) and "Los desterrados" (1926). These deal with
anthropomorphic , intelligent animals, fate, a jungle that seems to be alive and bizarre coincidences, all against a backdrop of complete despair. Quiroga is now seen as one of the greatest of all Uruguayan writers.Selected works translated into English
* Horacio Quiroga "The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2004, ISBN 0-299-19834-0)
* Horacio Quiroga "The Exiles and other Stories" (University of Texas Press, 1987, ISBN 0-292-72050-5)External links
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* [http://www.litweb.net/biography/308/Horacio_Quiroga.html Horacio Quiroga Biography at LitWeb.net]
* Review: Peter Beardsell http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiroga-Cuentos-Locura-Critical-Spanish/dp/0729302474
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