Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
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Edition 72 (1988) Winner
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo
アルヴァロ・ムティス・ハラミージョ
Alvaro Mutis Jaramillo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1923-08-25 （Bogotá, Colombia）
- Died
- 2013-09-22 （Mexico City, Mexico） age 90
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Brussels, Belgium (childhood, ages 2–11) → Bogotá, Colombia (birthplace and youth) → Mexico City, Mexico (resident from 1956)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, essayist, public relations / sales manager, narrator
- Active Years
- 1948-2013
- Influenced By
- Pablo Neruda, Jules Verne (influence from childhood reading)
- Influenced
- Gabriel García Márquez (friend and admirer)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario | — | — | — | 中等教育（在学したが中途退学） | Colombia |
Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Period:
中等教育（在学したが中途退学）
Country:
Colombia
Received poetic mentorship during schooling but did not complete formal studies.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | National Prize for Letters of Colombia | — | — | Colombian national cultural institutions | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Prix Médicis | — | — | French literary prize committee | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Premio Xavier Villaurrutia | — | — | Mexican literary prize committee | 受賞 |
| 1991 | International Nonino Prize | — | — | Nonino Foundation (Italy) | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Prince of Asturias Award for Literature | — | — | Prince of Asturias Foundation (Spain) | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Reina Sofía Poetry Prize | — | — | Spanish cultural institutions | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Grinzane Cavour Prize | — | — | Italian literary prize | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Miguel de Cervantes Prize | For his overall literary work, including The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll | — | Spanish cultural institutions (Cervantes Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Neustadt International Prize for Literature | The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll | — | Neustadt Prize committee (United States) | 受賞 |
National Prize for Letters of Colombia
1974
Organization:
Colombian national cultural institutions
Result:
受賞
Prix Médicis
1989
Organization:
French literary prize committee
Result:
受賞
Premio Xavier Villaurrutia
1988
Organization:
Mexican literary prize committee
Result:
受賞
International Nonino Prize
1991
Organization:
Nonino Foundation (Italy)
Result:
受賞
Prince of Asturias Award for Literature
1997
Organization:
Prince of Asturias Foundation (Spain)
Result:
受賞
Reina Sofía Poetry Prize
1997
Organization:
Spanish cultural institutions
Result:
受賞
Grinzane Cavour Prize
1997
Organization:
Italian literary prize
Result:
受賞
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
2001
Work:
For his overall literary work, including The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
Organization:
Spanish cultural institutions (Cervantes Prize)
Result:
受賞
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
2002
Work:
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
Organization:
Neustadt Prize committee (United States)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Princess of Asturias Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1997) Winner
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2001) Winner
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2002) Winner
Works
Major Works
Diario de Lecumberri
1960 memoir / essaysA record of his imprisonment experience; essays based on his time in a Mexican prison and the long-term influence of that period on his life and work.
imprisonmentmemoryjustice and injustice
The Snow of the Admiral
1986 novellaOne of the novellas featuring Maqroll, a drifting protagonist whose solitude and quest for meaning are central themes.
wanderingsolitudesea and sailing
Ilona Arrives with the Rain
1987 novelA novel about the enigmatic woman Ilona; noted for its lyricism and symbolic layers.
love and lossmemoryfate
Adaptations
- [film] Ilona Arrives with the Rain (film) (1996)
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
2002 novel sequenceA volume collecting seven novellas about Maqroll el Gaviero, exploring the ontological quest of a wanderer and recurrent sea imagery.
seawanderingexistential quest
Translations
- Translated into English and several other languages
Bibliography
- Diario de Lecumberri (1960)
- The Snow of the Admiral (1986)
- Ilona Arrives with the Rain (1987)
- The Tramp Steamer's Last Port of Call (1988)
- Un Bel Morir (1989)
- Amirbar (1990)
- Abdul Bashur, Dreamer of Ships (1991)
- Triptych on Sea and Land (1993)
- Summa de Maqroll el Gaviero: Poetry 1948–1997 (1997)
- The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll (2002)
Adaptations
- Ilona Arrives with the Rain was adapted into a 1996 film
Translations of Works
- Works translated into English, Italian, French and other languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and poetic prosesymbolic and allegorical expressionconcise and dense narration
- Recurring Motifs
- sea and sailingwanderer/driftersolitude and absencememory and the past
Legacy
Álvaro Mutis established an international reputation for his distinctive lyrical style and the Maqroll sequence. His work, oscillating between prose and poetry, has been highly regarded in Europe and Latin America and earned major international honors such as the Cervantes and Neustadt prizes.
Archives
- Library of Congress (audio recording, 1976)
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation of Ilona Arrives with the Rain (1996)
Quotes
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"He is one of the greatest writers of our time."
Source: Gabriel García Márquez (statement)
Trivia
- He spent 15 months in Lecumberri prison in Mexico in the 1950s.
- Worked in public relations and sales for Standard Oil and later for Twentieth Century Fox and Columbia Pictures in Latin America.
- Friend of Gabriel García Márquez, who praised his work.