Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
Author of Hopscotch
About the Author
Julio Cortazar is an Argentine poet, short story writer, and translator, whose pseudonym is Julio Denis. He was born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1914. In 1918, he moved with his parents to their native Argentina. He taught high school and later French literature at the University of Cuyo, resigning show more after participating in demonstrations against Argentine President Juan Peron. He worked for a Buenos Aires publishing company and also earned a degree as a translator. Cortazar is part of the "boom" of excellence in Latin American letters in the 1950s and 1960s. He combines fantastic plots with commonplace events and characters, and looks for new ways for literature to represent life. His first novel, The Winners, tells the story of passengers on a luxury liner who are restricted to a certain area of the ship and forbidden to communicate with the crew. He explores the ways passengers react. Hopscotch has a complex narrative structure with 165 chapters that can be read in at least two logical sequences to create variations. A Change of Light and Other Stories is a short story collection dealing with themes ranging from political oppression to fantasy. We Love Glenda So Much is about a fan club murder of their favorite actress whose films do not meet their standards. A Certain Lucas is comprised of three sections of short observations, discussing the nature of reality, the exploration of literary form, and search for new ways to view the world. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Julio Cortázar
Los Relatos/ The Stories: Ahi Y Ahora/ There and Now (Literatura / Literature) (Spanish Edition) (1996) 26 copies
Que cada cosa cruel sea tú que vuelves / May You Return to My Life with Every Misfortune (Shape Trilogy) (Spanish… (2018) 13 copies
Continuity of Parks 12 copies
Cartas de Cortazar 1 (1937-1954) (Cortazar's Letters 1 (1937-1954)) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 12 copies
Cartas de Cortazar 3 (1965-1968) (Cortazar's Letters 3 (1965-1968)) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 7 copies
Cartas de Cortazar 2 (1955-1964) (Cortazar's Letters 2 (1955-1964)) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 7 copies
Ende der Etappe (Die Erzählungen. Bd. 4): Ein gewisser Lukas. Alle lieben Glenda. Unzeiten (1998) 6 copies
Bestiario. Deshoras. 6 copies
A Autoestrada Do Sul E Outras Histórias - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2013) 5 copies
Orientação dos gatos 5 copies
Palabra de Autor 4 copies
Valise de cronópio 4 copies
The Idol Of The Cyclades 3 copies
Los Mejores Poemas de Amor, tomo II 2 copies
Viaje alrededor de una mesa 2 copies
De pameos y meopas 2 copies
Um certo Lucas 2 copies
Cortázar para armar 2 copies
Headache [short story] 2 copies
La señorita Cora 2 copies
Os prêmios 2 copies
Relatos. Bestiario 1951. Las armas secretas 1959. Final del juego 1964. Todos los fuegos el fuego 1966 (1970) 2 copies
The Gates of Heaven [short story] 2 copies
CUENTOS COMPLETOS (I Y II) 2 copies
Rayuela : Himmel-und-Hölle ; Roman 2 copies
Dossier 1 1 copy
Dossier 2 1 copy
By Julio Cortazar - Ceremonias (Nueva Narrativa Hispanica) (Spanish Edition) (1975-01-16) [Paperback] (1975) 1 copy
Sabrane priče 1 copy
Drugo nebo 1 copy
Omtijden 1 copy
Dossier 3 1 copy
La porte condamnee 1 copy
Ahi y ahora 1 copy
PROVIMI 1 copy
Другое небо: Рассказы 1 copy
Pasajes 1 copy
Поезия 1 copy
Casa Tomada-Pasta - I 1 copy
Ośmiościan 1 copy
BIOGRAFÍA DE CORTAZAR 1 copy
Ruegos 1 copy
LOS MEJORES CUENTOS 1 copy
Tango povratka 1 copy
La noche boca arriba 1 copy
Opowiadania - tom 1 1 copy
Cartas 3. 1965-1968 1 copy
Las puertas del cielo 1 copy
Blow-up : verhalen, translated by J.A. van Praag et. al. from the Spanish "Las Armas Secretas" 1 copy
Prosa del observatorio 1 copy
Omnibus (in Bestiario) 1 copy
The Night Face Up {story} 1 copy
[Ultimo round] 1 copy
Cartas I 1 copy
I racconti 1 copy
Wielkie wygrane 1 copy
Directives pour John Howell 1 copy
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires 1 copy
Obra crítica 3: Edición a cargo de Saúl Sosnowski (Caballo de fuego) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Obra crítica 2: Edición a cargo de Jaime Alazraki (Caballo de fuego) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Obra crítica 1: Edición a cargo de Saúl Yurkievich (Caballo de fuego) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copy
Sotron 1 copy
Cortázar en Galaxia 1 copy
Obras completas II 1 copy
Obras completas III 1 copy
Relatos 1 copy
Libro de Manuel. Novela. 1 copy
Cuba por argentinos 1 copy
Toate focurile, focul 1 copy
Lontana (in Bestiario) 1 copy
Cronopios and Formos 1 copy
The Southern Thruway 1 copy
The Distances 1 copy
At Your Service 1 copy
Lucas Diye Biri 1 copy
Takipci 1 copy
Ostatnia Runda 1 copy
Leopoldo Torres-Aguero en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Catalogo) (Spanish Edition) (1997) 1 copy
Julio Cortázar voz del autor 1 copy
Mirildandigim Oykuler 1 copy
Shamayim aḥerim 1 copy
Tango raz jeszcze 1 copy
Circe (in Bestiario) 1 copy
Associated Works
The Vintage Book of Amnesia: An Anthology of Writing on the Subject of Memory Loss (2000) — Contributor — 217 copies
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Contributor — 124 copies
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Best Short Stories Ever Made Into Film (1960) — Contributor — 75 copies
The Second Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction (1997) — Contributor — 37 copies
Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana : de la conquista al siglo XX (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
Het continent van de eenzaamheid reportages en beschouwingen over Latijns-Amerika (1992) — Contributor — 6 copies
Die Geschichtenerzähler: Neues und Unbekanntes von Allende bis Zafón (suhrkamp taschenbuch) (2008) — Contributor — 5 copies
Un certo Julio. Vita di Cortázar illustrata da Rep. Bonus track: "Cortázar lettore", un'intervista di Sara… (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies
Maestros de la literatura universal. Tomo II: Latinoamérica — Contributor — 3 copies
TRES RELATOS EN NEGRO — Translator, some editions — 2 copies
New Voices of Hispanic America: An Anthology — Contributor — 2 copies
Meesters der vertelkunst : zevenenderdig verhalen uit de moderne wereldliteratuur (1975) — Contributor — 2 copies
Audio Libro: Cortazár, Borges, Vargas LLosa, Allan Poe — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Cortázar, Julio
- Legal name
- Jules Florencio Cortázar
- Other names
- Denis, Julio (pseudonym first book)
- Birthdate
- 1914-08-26
- Date of death
- 1984-02-12
- Burial location
- Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Belgium (birth)
France (1981-05)
Argentina - Country (for map)
- Argentina
- Birthplace
- Brussels, Belgium
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Cause of death
- leukemia
- Places of residence
- Brussels, Belgium
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paris, France - Education
- University of Buenos Aires (Philosophy, Languages)
- Occupations
- translator
essayist
novelist
short story writer
teacher
Professor University Cuyo (show all 7)
travel writer - Relationships
- Dunlop, Carol (second wife)
Bernárdez, Aurora (first wife, 1953-1967) - Organizations
- Tribunal Bertrand Russell II (1974)
- Awards and honors
- Prix Médicis (1974)
Orden de la Independencia Cultural Rubén Darío (1983)
Premio Konex (1984)
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