Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; American Spanish: [ˈxuljo korˈtasar] (listen)) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe. He is considered one of the most innovative and original authors of his time, a master of history, poetic prose and short story in general and a creator of important novels that inaugurated a new way of making literature in the Hispanic world by breaking the classical moulds through narratives that escaped temporal linearity. He lived his childhood and adolescence and incipient maturity in Argentina and, after the 1950s, in Europe. He lived in Italy, Spain, and in Switzerland. In 1951, he settled in France for more than three decades and composed some of his works there.
Julio Cortázar
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חוליו קןרטאזאר, חוליו קורטזר, Chulio Kortasar, and 12 others
Cortázar, Julio Cortázar, חוליו קורטאסר, Chuljo Kortasar, Julio Kortasar, Jules Florencio Cortazár, Jules Florencio Cortázar, Julio Denis, Julio Florencio Cortázar, Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, Khulio Kortasar, Хулио Кортасар - Born:
- Aug. 26, 1914
- Died:
- Feb. 12, 1984
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Julio Florencio Cortázar (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984; American Spanish: [ˈxuljo korˈtasar] (listen)) was an Argentine, nationalized French novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe. He is considered one of the most innovative and original authors of his time, a master of history, poetic prose and short story in general and a creator of important novels that inaugurated a new way of making literature in the Hispanic world by breaking the classical moulds through narratives that escaped temporal linearity. He lived his childhood and adolescence and incipient maturity in Argentina and, after the 1950s, in Europe. He lived in Italy, Spain, and in Switzerland. In 1951, he settled in France for more than three decades and composed some of his works there.
