Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
Augusto Monterroso
アウグスト・モンテロソ
Augusto Monterroso
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1921-12-21 （Tegucigalpa）
- Died
- 2003-02-08 （Mexico City） age 81
- Nationality
- Guatemalan
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Guatemala City → Mexico City → La Paz → Santiago de Chile
Career
- Occupations
- Short story writer, editor, diplomat
- Active Years
- 1941-2002
- Affiliations
- Honduran Academy of Language
- Memberships
- Honduran Academy of Language
- Influenced By
- Jorge Luis Borges, Jonathan Swift
- Influenced
- Carlos Fuentes
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Prince of Asturias Award in Literature | — | — | Prince of Asturias Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature | — | — | Guatemalan government | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Juan Rulfo Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Premio Xavier Villaurrutia | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Prince of Asturias Award in Literature
2000
Organization:
Prince of Asturias Foundation
Result:
受賞
Miguel Ángel Asturias National Prize in Literature
1997
Organization:
Guatemalan government
Result:
受賞
Juan Rulfo Award
1996
Result:
受賞
Premio Xavier Villaurrutia
1975
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
1 appearances
-
Edition 6 (1996) Winner
Princess of Asturias Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (2000) Winner
Works
Major Works
Obras completas (y otros cuentos)
1959 Short storyComplete Works and Other Stories, including the famous shortest story 'The Dinosaur'.
ironyhumor
Translations
- Complete Works and Other Stories (trans. Edith Grossman)
La oveja negra y demás fábulas
1969 FableThe Black Sheep and Other Fables.
satirefantasy
Translations
- The Black Sheep and Other Fables (trans. Walter I. Bradbury)
Bibliography
- Obras completas (y otros cuentos), 1959
- La oveja negra y demás fábulas, 1969
- Movimiento perpetuo, 1972
- Lo demás es silencio, 1978
- Viaje al centro de la fábula, 1981
- La palabra mágica, 1983
- La letra e (Fragmentos de un diario), 1987
- Esa fauna, 1992
- Los buscadores de oro, 1993
- La vaca, 1998
- Pájaros de Hispanoamérica, 2002
- Literatura y vida, 2004
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ironicalhumorousshort story focusedfable-inspired
- Recurring Motifs
- fantasysatirebrevity
Health
-
heart failure晩年Cause of death.
Legacy
Key figure in the Latin American Boom, master of the short story.
In Popular Culture
- Famous for the world's shortest story 'The Dinosaur'.
Quotes
-
When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there.
Source: Obras completas (1959)
Trivia
- Born in Honduras but adopted Guatemalan nationality.
- Author of what is often considered the world's shortest story.