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
- Aurora Bernárdez
(1953 - 1967) - Ugnė Karvelis
(1967 - ) - Carol Dunlop
(1982 - 1982/11/02)
- Aurora Bernárdez
- Ethnicity
- Argentine people
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Belgium
- France
- Profession
- Education
- University of Buenos Aires
- Employment
- National University of Cuyo
(1944 - ) - UNESCO
(1952 - )
- National University of Cuyo
- Lived in
- Paris
- Banfield, Buenos Aires
- Switzerland
- Died
- Feb 12, 1984
Paris - Resting place
- Montparnasse Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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