Julio Cortázar

Novelist, Author

1914 – 1984

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Who was Julio Cortázar?

Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe. He has been called both a "modern master of the short story" and, by Carlos Fuentes, "the Simón Bolívar of the novel."

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Born
Aug 26, 1914
Ixelles
Also known as
  • Julio Cortazar
  • Julio Denis
  • Jules Florencio Cortázar
  • Cortazar
  • Julio Florencio Cortázar
Parents
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Argentine people
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • Belgium
  • France
Profession
Education
  • University of Buenos Aires
Employment
  • National University of Cuyo
    (1944 - )
  • UNESCO
    (1952 - )
Lived in
  • Paris
  • Banfield, Buenos Aires
  • Switzerland
Died
Feb 12, 1984
Paris
Resting place
Montparnasse Cemetery

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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