Juan José Arreola
Author
1918 – 2001
Who was Juan José Arreola?
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga was a Mexican writer and academic. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon realism; he used elements of fantasy to underscore existentialist and absurdist ideas in his work. Although he is little known outside his native country, Arreola has served as the literary inspiration for a legion of Mexican writers who have sought to transform their country's realistic literary tradition by introducing elements of magical realism, satire, and allegory. Alongside Jorge Luis Borges, he is considered one of the masters of the hybrid subgenre of the essay-story. He published only one novel, La feria.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1918
Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco - Also known as
- Juan Jose Arreola
- Lived in
- Jalisco
- Died
- Dec 3, 2001
Guadalajara
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on July 23, 2013
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