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Horacio Quiroga


Born
in Salto, Uruguay
December 31, 1878

Died
February 01, 1937

Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Rudyard Kipling, Rubén Darío, Leopoldo Lugones, Edgar Allan Poe, Guy d ...more


Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan novelist, poet, and (above all) short story writer.

He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use 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. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.

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Cuentos de amor, de locura ...
3.99 avg rating — 18,989 ratings — published 1917 — 25 editions
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Cuentos de la selva
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El almohadón de plumas
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El almohadón de plumas y ot...
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Cuentos
4.05 avg rating — 860 ratings — published 1917 — 45 editions
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A la deriva
3.61 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 1912 — 5 editions
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Anaconda
3.67 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1921 — 89 editions
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El Hijo
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El hombre muerto
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“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”
― Horacio Quiroga
tags: story, writing
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“Nada hay más bello y que fortalezca más en la vida, que un puro recuerdo”
― Horacio Quiroga, Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte
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“Ten fe ciega no en tu capacidad para el triunfo, sino en el ardor con que lo deseas. Ama a tu arte como a tu novia, dándole todo tu corazón.”
― Horacio Quiroga
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