Horacio Quiroga
Uruguayan short story writer, playwright, and poet. 1878 - 1937 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiroga and the second or maternal family name is Forteza.
Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza (31 December 1878 – 19 February 1937) was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer.
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Born | (1878-12-31)31 December 1878 Salto, Uruguay |
Died | 19 February 1937(1937-02-19) (aged 58) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, used the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states,[1] a skill he gleaned from Edgar Allan Poe, according to some critics.[2] His influence can be seen in the Latin American magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.[3]