This Tuesday marks the centenary of the birth of Julio Cortazar, one of the writers who revolutionized American literature from the 50s, mainly with their stories, but also left their mark on the field of the novel and poetry.
Born in a suburb of Brussels on 26th August 1914, Cortázar soon returned, after four years, the city of origin of their parents, Buenos Aires, which housed the writer until, tired of the Peronist government, moved to Paris . These two cities, with other locations in Spain stays, became the most important places for the author and where he wrote some of his most important works. However, Cortázar ended up residence in Paris, where he died at age 69.
'Beasts', 'End Game', 'All Fires the Fire' or 'We both Glenda' are some of the most iconic titles of his collections of short stories, which have been a before and after for the genre since its appearance.
But Cortázar also left behind an iconic novel as 'Hopscotch', using the open end of chapters to engage the reader and the book 'History of cronopios and famas'. Even in poetry, a genre which found the same recognition, contributed texts as 'Pameos and Meopas' or 'Save twilight'.
The magic and the everyday
"It was one of the great authors who made us wake up and see the literature otherwise, with a major claim of the story," he told Europa Press writer Puértolas Soledad, who emphasized the relationship "between the magic and the everyday" given off writing Cortázar. "There is magic realism, but the magic is there in the everyday and the next element of surprise. This is the magic of the mysteries of people, trust in chance or hope," says Puértolas.
Despite recognizing that lies other authors as Juan Rulfo and Juan Carlos Onetti in his writing, the author draws 'End Game' as one of the books that have influenced him more Cortázar. "He influenced a lot in the story, showed us that it was not just manners but also sought to surprise and provide another look," he says.
gigantic popularizer
In the same vein the writer Ricardo Menéndez Salmon, who rates Cortázar as "a giant popularizer" of the genre of the story is shown. "It's a major writer sometimes has done so much for the genre, but it is also true that others could have gifted the story failed for complex reasons that reconicimiento" questions nonetheless.
Menéndez Salmon recognizes that, where appropriate, Cortázar was a "reading people" to which he came as he grew as a writer. "I am aware that at least one of many that Cortázar could influence was reflected in my earlier works, and that has to do with the fantastic tales and stories of the last second," he says.
For him, the work of the Spanish-American storyteller left an "imprint indispensable" for many Spanish writers, who somehow had to "pay the 'toll Cortázar." Asked about his favorite work, Menéndez Salmon rescues 'House Taken' "still fascinate me, is one of the most beautiful stories in the history of literature."
Books without errors
At his death, the author of 'Hopscotch' left more than four thousand volumes in his personal library, including some of his works both in Castilian and translated into other languages (today, the Juan Macrh Foundation holds over 400 his books).
Cortázar was a methodical writer could not stand typos and, in fact, the Cervantes Institute website contains many of his books that have some typo corrected. Among them are cases in which the writer himself was heading, as in the book 'I confess that I have lived' Neruda: "Che Otero Silva, how to revise the manuscript, fuck."
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