Salvador Elizondo

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Salvador Elizondo (Mexico City, 1932-2006) was a Mexican writer of the 60s Generation of Mexican literature. Regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, exeprimental , intelegence peured style literature in Latin America, he wrote as a novelist, poet, critic, playwright, and journalist. His most famous novels are "Farabeuf" (1965) and "El hipogeo Segreto" (1968). He is is also known for "El grafografo" (1972). which is a series of short texts based on linguistic abbreviatory experimentation . His style is considered innovative among Mexican contemporary literature for introducing a cosmopolitan view of language and narrative, bringing elements from external literary currents and languages to a refined dialogue of thought and comunication. His technique is considered rather unrealistic and proto-fictional, as opposed to magical realism. His works are associated with writers such as Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortazar, Juan Rulfo and Georges Battaille. He was also a Profesor at UNAM for 25 years and recieved many international grants, such as the Guggenheim and Rockefeller, and was the recipient of the 1990 national prize of literature. Elizondo died in Mexico City on March 28, 2006, of cancer. His funeral was held at the palacio de Bellas Artes.

[edit] Works

  • Poemas, 1960
  • Luchino Visconti (crítica), 1963
  • Farabeuf o la crónica de un instante (novela), 1965
  • Narda o el verano (cuentos), 1966
  • Autobiografía, 1966
  • El hipogeo secreto (novela) 1968
  • Cuaderno de escritura (crítica y textos), 1969
  • El retrato de Zoe (relatos), 1969
  • El grafógrafo (textos y relatos),1972
  • Contextos (artículos de crítica), 1973
  • Museo poético (antología de poesía mexicana moderna), 1974
  • Antología personal (textos inéditos), 1974
  • Miscast (Lírica, comedia en tres actos), 1981
  • Camera lucida (textos), México, 1983
  • La luz que regresa (Textos), 1984
  • Elsinore: un cuaderno (relato), 1988
  • Estanquillo (textos), 1992
  • Teoría del infierno, 1993
  • Pasado Anterior 2007
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