Horacio Quiroga Biography

Author, Journalist (18781937)

Uruguayan writr Horacio Quiroga pnn! short storis inspir! "y th #ungl "$or
co%%itting suici! in 1937& Anacon!a is consi!r! his gratst wor'&
Horacio Quiroga was "orn (c%"r 31, 1878, in )alto, Uruguay& *n 19+1 h
pu"lish! a collction o$ po%s, ,oral -$s& .or th n/t 3+ yars, h wrot an!
pu"lish! %or than 0++ !ar' storis, %any o$ which wr inspir! "y #ungl li$& *n
1901 h pu"lish! his %astrpic, Anacon!a& )truggling with s1r !prssion,
Quiroga co%%itt! suici! on ."ruary 19, 1930, in Bunos Airs, Argntina&
Horacio Quiroga
Uruguay
(187821937)
3ost historians agr that th %o!rn 4atin A%rican short story "gan with
Horacio Quiroga, still consi!r! a %astr worthy o$ i%itation& Quiroga %anag! to
co%"in 4atin A%rican sttings an! th%s, li' th #ungl an! 1iolnc, with
5awlss /cution, !1oi! o$ snti%ntality or local color& Quiroga6s own li$ was
haunt! "y 1iolnt !ath& His $athr was 'ill! in a hunting acci!nt an! his
stp$athr co%%itt! suici!& Quiroga6s wi$ also co%%itt! suici!, as !i!
Quiroga, who was ill with cancr at th ti%& His $ascination with %or"i! stats o$
%in! an! th !ltrious 7cts o$ natur on th in!i1i!ual ar topics o$ th prio!,
an! it is not !i8cult to s in so% o$ his storis th in5unc o$ 9!gar Allan :o&
A$tr attn!ing uni1rsity at 3ont1i!o an! a ritual sason in :aris, in 19+; h
sttl! in th tropical #ungl rgion o$ 3isions, in northrn Argntina, which
"ca% th sourc o$ %any o$ Quiroga6s wor's& ,untos ! a%or, ! locura y !
%urt, or )toris a"out 4o1, 3a!nss an! (ath, appar! in 1917& <his
in5untial short story collction co%"in! his /princs in 3isions with a
so%"r, 1n gruso% sns o$ li$& Quiroga6s worl! is on rul! "y trag!y& =<h
(capitat! ,hic'n=, which anticipats so% o$ >illia% .aul'nr6s o"sssions an!
th%s, is prhaps Quiroga6s %ost rprsntati1 story&
Horacio )il1str Quiroga .ort?a (31 (c%"r 1878 19 ."ruary 1937) was an
Uruguayan playwright, pot, an! short story writr&
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H wrot storis which, in thir #ungl sttings, us th suprnatural an! th "i?arr
to show th struggl o$ %an an! ani%al to sur1i1& H also /cll! in portraying
%ntal illnss an! hallucinatory stats&@1A His in5unc can " sn in th 4atin
A%rican %agic ralis% o$ Ba"ril BarcCa 3DrEu? an! th post%o!rn surralis%
o$ Julio ,ortD?ar&@0A
=<hr 4ttrs an! a .ootnot= "y Horacio Quiroga
=<hr 4ttrs an! a .ootnot= "y Horacio Quiroga (190F, :o!cast, 1G&F %inuts)
Quiroga an! scon! wi$
Horacio Quiroga (1878 to 19372Uruguay) is o$tn call! th 9!gar Allan :o o$ th
A%a?on& * ha1 pr1iously post! on $our o$ his short storis, ach o$ th% 1ry
%uch in th Bothic horror gnr& <hr is a!!itional "ac'groun! in$or%ation on
Quiroga in %y prior posts on hi%& * thin' %ost who ra! on o$ his storis, will
want to ra! %or& 3y $a1orit o$ his storis so $ar is =<h (capitat! ,hic'n=, *
al%ost can guarant it will =crp you out=& His storis ar short an! can " ra!
in #ust a $w %inuts&
* was loo'ing aroun! ystr!ay at 3itt6s B!ti% )tory :o!cast $or so%thing to
listn to an! was 1ry happy to Hn! a story "y Quiroga that was nw to %& 3itt
in hr !scription o$ =<hr 4ttrs an! a .ootnot= sai! it was totally unli' %ost o$
his othr storis an! also is tol! $ro% th point o$ 1iw o$ a young wo%an so *
!ci!! to /princ it&
Basically th story "gins with a twnty yar ol! wo%an writing th !itor o$ a
%aga?in& )h ncloss a story a"out hr co%%ut to wor' on a strt car (th
stting $or th story has not "n gi1n "ut "as! on th t/t an! th li$ o$ th
author * a% gussing it is %ant to " sn as Bunos Airs, Argntina or
3ont1i!o, Uruguay&) <h wo%an tlls th !itor sh wants hi% to pu"lish th
story "ut chang th author to hi%sl$ as popl will not "li1 a wo%an coul!
ha1 writtn it& *t is a"out hr /princs o1r th last H1 yars ri!ing th strt
car to wor'& *t is rally all a"out how sh si?s up th %n who ri! th strt car
in tr%s o$ thir intrst in hr& <hr ar spcial co%%utr train cars $or wo%n
hr in 3anila (an! lswhr) $or wo%n only "caus o$ =train pr1rts= who us
th crow!! con!itions to prss up against wo%n an! * guss this is not a nw
thing "as! on this story&
Quiroga !os a goo! #o" pro#cting th thoughts o$ th young $%al narrator as
sh !scri"! hr H1 yars twic a !ay ri!s on th strt cars, pac'! with
%ostly %n& <hr is a 'in! o$ intrsting surpris twist to th story "ut it is #ust
inci!ntal to th plasur o$ th story&
* /princ po!casts 1ry !i7rntly $ro% a writtn wor'& * a% sur %ost popl
!o also& * listn! to th story thr ti%s&
.or sur ra! his =<h (capitat! ,hic'n= Hrst thn try so% o$ his othr wor's i$
you li' that& 3y guss it will " your Hrst ra! "y an author $ro% Uruguay so you
will also a!! anothr country to your list i$ you ar trying to ra! with a lot o$
!i1rsity, not a "a! goal at all&