Horacio quiroga was born in the city of salto in 1878 as the sixth child and second son of prudencio quiroga and pastora forteza, a middleclass family. Nel 1898 conosce leopoldo lugones, considerato uno dei padri della. Ghiano, juan carlos, tematica y recursos expresivos, aproximaciones a horacio quiroga, flores, angel, ed. Horacio quiroga salto, 1878 buenos aires, 1937 destacado narrador uruguayo ha sido considerado creador del cuento moderno hispanoamericano. His short stories are ranked among the best to emerge from latin america. Free ebooks in english, french, german, spanish and other languages. The decapitated chicken by horacio quiroga posted on august, 2015 august, 2015 by johnshahin horacio quiroga, sometimes referred to as the latin american edgar allen poe, was an uruguayan author with a dark past of illness, suicide, and freakaccidents to those he loved. It was the feather pillow, quirogas most anthologized short story in english collections.
The decapitated chicken and other stories by horacio quiroga. At the time of his birth, his father had been working for 18 years as head of the argentine viceconsulate. Emirr, monegal, tensiones existenciales, tra yectoria, en angel flores, aproximaciones a horacio quiroga caracas. Corriente literaria horacio quiroga pertenece a dos corrientes literarias.
To be frank, what initially attracted me to it was neither the story nor the author, but the image that the books editors included with it. One of death in its many forms, and one of admiration. One more library free online ebooks in pdf, epub, kindle and other formats. Written in eloquent prose, this short story collection is struggles with two main themes running simultaneously throughout the collection. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Glantz, poe en quiroga, en aproximaciones a horacio quiroga, ed. Horacio quiroga was a master storyteller, author of latin american fiction that has been compared to the works of poe, kipling, and london. Books by quiroga, horacio sorted by popularity project gutenberg. The decapitated chicken by horacio quiroga the fantastic. Horacio quiroga nacque a salto, in uruguay, il 31 dicembre 1878, ultimo dei quattro figli di prudencio quiroga e juana petrona forteza. Like poe, whom quiroga admired and who influenced the uruguayan.
The man cast a quick glance at his foot, where two droplets of blood were. He also excelled in depicting mental illness and hallucinatory states, in stories that anticipate those. Project gutenberg offers 61700 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. The decapitated chicken and other stories by horacio quiroga was not an easy read. Horacio quiroga, born december 31, 1878, salto, uruguaydied february 19, 1937, buenos aires, argentina, uruguayanborn shortstory writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of man and animal to survive in the tropical jungle earned him recognition as a master of the short story. Horacio quiroga holds much the same position in spanish american literature as does edgar allan poe in north american letters. His own life from his birth in uruguay to his suicide in argentina was filled with adventure, tragedy, and violence. Horacio quiroga cuentos texto y audio albalearning. I first encountered horacio quiroga in a high school textbook. For abelardo castillo, quiroga created, before anyone else, what poe did in the united states. Aproximaciones a horacio quiroga angel flores snippet view 1976. Februar 1937 in buenos aires war ein uruguayischer schriftsteller.
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