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Books of the World
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Bioy Casares, Adolfo |
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Versión en español
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Date
and Place of birth:
b. Sept. 15, 1914, Buenos Aires, Argentina
d. March 8, 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Life and Works:
A member of an upper-class Argentine family, Bioy Casares traveled to Europe and the United States in the 1920s. In 1932 he met Borges - and there began an intimate
friendship that would last until the latter's death in 1986. This same year marked the beginning of his long association with Victoria Ocampo, founder of the important
literary magazine Sur and one of the most influential cultural figures in Argentine. In 1933 he began studies at the University of Buenos Aires, but dropped out soon
thereafter in order to dedicate himself to a career as a writer. In 1940 Bioy Casares married Silvina Ocampo, Victoria's sister, who was also an a very talented
writer poetry and fiction. In that year he also published what is arguably his most important book, and a classic work of Latin American fiction, La invención
de Morel, which was awarded The First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires.
For well over half a century Bioy Casares was an active member of the Argentine cultural scene and a prolific writer. His publications include numerous novels,
close to a dozen works of short fiction and collections of short stories, articles and essays and miscellaneous prose works, several well-know collaborations with
Borges, published under the pseudonyms H. Bustos Domecq and B. Suárez Lynch, a detective novel written with his wife Silvina Ocampo, and an anthology
of fantastic literature that he edited with Borges and his wife. His works have been translated into many languages, and in recent years there has been a growing
critical interest in his works.
In 1990 Adolfo Bioy Casares' outstanding literary career was recognized with the prestigious Cervantes Prize, the highest distinction for writers in Spanish.
He died in 1999 in Buenos Aires.
Works:
La
invención de Morel
El sueño de los héroes
La trama celeste
Selected Stories
Un modelo para la muerte (with J.L.Borges)
Aventuras de un fotógrafo en La Plata
Máscaras Venecianas: La sierva ajena
A russian doll and other stories
De la forma del mundo
Historias de amor
Historias fantásticas
Los mejores cuentos policiales
Plan de evasión
Diario de la guerra del cerdo
Dormir al sol
Historias desaforadas
Seis problemas para don Isidro Parodi (with J.L.Borges)
Dos Fantasías memorables (with J.L.Borges)
Los que aman, odian (with Silvina Ocampo)
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