Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937)
Author of Tales of Love, Madness and Death
About the Author
One of the fathers of the Spanish American short story, Quiroga participated extensively in the modernist movement in Montevideo and later lived in the tropical province of Misiones. Although best known as the author of stories about the jungle that reveal the dangers at every step, he also wrote show more imaginative fantastic tales among the best of their kind in an area that has produced a great number of such authors. His work, like his life (he eventually committed suicide), is filled with violent tragedy and a sense of foreboding. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Horacio Quiroga
Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte, Anaconda, y Cuentos de la selva (Spanish Edition) (2008) 19 copies
Cuentos / Tales 14 copies
El hombre artificial ; El mono que asesino ; Las fieras complices ; El devorador de hombres (Coleccion Tiempo cero)… (1989) 5 copies
Quiroga intimo / Quiroga Intimate: Correspondencia y diario de un viaje a Paris / Correspondence and Diary of a Trip to… (2010) 5 copies
História De Um Louco Amor Seguido De Passado Amor - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2008) 4 copies
As feras cúmplices 3 copies
El cuento argentino 3 copies
Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte. Prologo con resena critica de la obra, vida y obra del autor, y marco… (2013) 3 copies
NOVELAS CORTAS TOMO II 3 copies
Vampiros y Actrices 2 copies
Leer y aprender : Horacio Quiroga : Cuentos de la selva : Cuatro relatos [book + sound recording] (2008) — Author — 2 copies
Cuentos de la selva Geschichten aus dem Urwald: Ein Klassiker der lateinamerikanischen Kinderliteratur | dtv… (2023) 2 copies
Cuentos dispersos 2 copies
11 historias de fútbol 2 copies
Novelas cortas 2 copies
Cuentos de horror y de muerte 2 copies
Sobre el arte de contar historias 2 copies
CUENTOS PARA LEER SIN COMPASION 2 copies
MAS ALLÁ 1 copy
La vida en misiones. Tomo VI 1 copy
The Dead Man {story} 1 copy
Pasado de amor 1 copy
ワニ戦争 1 copy
Antología 1 copy
As feras cúmplices 1 copy
Der Krieg der Kaimane 1 copy
Stories de la Jungle 1 copy
Cartas desde la selva 1 copy
cuentos de amor 1 copy
Sus mejores cuentos 1 copy
Novelas completas 1 copy
Adão e Eva 130 1 copy
Le fils 1 copy
Les pêcheurs de grumes 1 copy
Para noche de insomnio 1 copy
LOS ARRECIFES DE CORAL. Horacio Quiroga y su pueblo por Carlos A. Herrera Mac Lean. El sentido de la vida de Horacio… (1901) 1 copy
Pasado amor novela 1 copy
El más allá 1 copy
Nošen strujom 1 copy
Los destiladores de naranja 1 copy
La guerre des caïmans 1 copy
Three Letters—and a Footnote 1 copy
Tacuara Mansion 1 copy
Pasarea yaciyatere 1 copy
Cuentos (Sepan Cuantos / Know How Many) (Spanish Edition) by Horacio Quiroga (2006-08-11) (1656) 1 copy
Cuentos Tomo IV (1905-1910) 1 copy
El loro pelado 18/20I 1 copy
El loro pelado 17/20I 1 copy
El loro pelado 16/20I 1 copy
El loro pelado 15/20I 1 copy
El loro pelado 14/20I 1 copy
El loro pelado 13/20I 1 copy
Cuentos Selección, estudio preliminar y notas críticas e informativas por Raimundo Lazo spanishz Poez (1970) 1 copy
El Techo 1 copy
Cuentos para releer 1 copy
Associated Works
Dracula's Brood: Vampire Classics by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, M.R. James and Others (1987) — Contributor — 174 copies
Introducción a la literatura hispanoamericana : de la conquista al siglo XX (1997) — Contributor — 20 copies
Invertebrata Enigmatica: Giant Spiders, Dangerous Insects, and Other Strange Invertebrates in Classic Science Fiction… (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies
小説幻妖 壱 (1) 新春 妖女コレクシオン — Contributor — 1 copy
20世紀ラテンアメリカ短篇選 — Contributor — 1 copy
Die Berge hinter den Bergen : Geschichten aus Lateinamerika — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Quiroga, Horacio
- Legal name
- Quiroga Forteza, Horacio Silvestre
- Birthdate
- 1878-12-31
- Date of death
- 1937-02-19
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Birthplace
- Salto, Uruguay
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Places of residence
- Córdoba, Uruguay
Montevideo, Uruguay
Salto, Uruguay
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Education
- National College
Polytechnic Institute of Montevideo - Occupations
- short story writer
playwright
poet
editor, "Revista del Salto"
photographer
professor of Castilian, British School of Buenos Aires (show all 8)
Under-Secretary General Accountant in the Uruguayan Consulat, Buenos Aires
Justice of the Peace in the Civil Registry of San Ignacio - Organizations
- Anaconda Association
Casa del Teatro de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE)
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THE DEEP ONES: "The Feather Pillow" by Horacio Quiroga in The Weird Tradition (June 2021)
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