Miguel de Cervantes Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1980) Winner
Juan Carlos Onetti
フアン・カルロス・オネッティ
Juan Carlos Onetti
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1909-07-01 （Montevideo, Uruguay）
- Died
- 1994-05-30 （Madrid, Spain） age 84
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Montevideo (birth) → Buenos Aires (residence) → Madrid (final residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Short story writer, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1930-1994
- Influenced By
- Roberto Arlt, William Faulkner, Jorge Luis Borges
- Influenced
- Mario Benedetti, Gabriel García Márquez, Álvaro Brechner (director who adapted Onetti)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Uruguay National Literature Prize | — | — | Uruguayan national literary bodies | 受賞 |
| 1963 | William Faulkner Foundation Ibero-American Award | — | — | William Faulkner Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1972 | Italian–Latin American Institute Prize | — | — | Italian–Latin American Institute | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Premio Cervantes | — | — | Cervantes Prize (Ministerio de Cultura / Fundación) | 受賞 |
Uruguay National Literature Prize
1962
Organization:
Uruguayan national literary bodies
Result:
受賞
William Faulkner Foundation Ibero-American Award
1963
Organization:
William Faulkner Foundation
Result:
受賞
Italian–Latin American Institute Prize
1972
Organization:
Italian–Latin American Institute
Result:
受賞
Premio Cervantes
1980
Organization:
Cervantes Prize (Ministerio de Cultura / Fundación)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
El pozo (The Pit)
1939 NovelAn early novel focusing on solitude and introspection, showing early elements of his later style.
solitudedespairinteriority
Translations
- The Pit
A Brief Life
1950 NovelA work that blurs the boundary between fiction and reality; it depicts fragments of a brief life.
fiction vs. realityidentityisolation
Translations
- A Brief Life
The Shipyard
1961 NovelOne of his major works set in the fictional town of Santa María, portraying a decaying port town and the frustrated lives of its inhabitants.
decaylonelinessdisillusionment
Translations
- The Shipyard
Body Snatcher
1964 NovelA work combining short and mid-length narratives that probes human nature under ruinous circumstances.
ruinethicssocial isolation
Translations
- Body Snatcher
Past Caring
1993 Short storiesA late collection of short stories reflecting on memory, loss, and the passage of time.
memorylosstime
Translations
- Past Caring
Bibliography
- El pozo (1939)
- Tierra de nadie (1941)
- Para esta noche (1943)
- La vida breve (1950)
- El astillero (1961)
- Juntacadáveres (1964)
- Réquiem por Faulkner (1975)
- Cuando ya no importe (1993)
Adaptations
- Film adaptation of "Jacob y el Otro" — Mal día para pescar (Bad Day to Go Fishing)
- Argentinian film based on the short story "El infierno tan temido"
Translations of Works
- El astillero → The Shipyard (English translation)
- El pozo → The Pit (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- restrained, somber prosefocus on interior psychological descriptiontechniques that blur reality and fiction
- Recurring Motifs
- lonelinessfall and decayurban decaymemory and the past
Legacy
One of Uruguay's foremost writers who had substantial influence on Spanish‑language literature. Winner of the 1980 Premio Cervantes, his fictional town Santa María and related works are widely acclaimed. A literary contest in Montevideo bears his name.
In Popular Culture
- The Concurso Literario Juan Carlos Onetti in Montevideo is a literary contest named after him.
Quotes
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"The first to come here, my great-great-grandfather, was English, born in Gibraltar. My grandfather italianized the name."
Source: Onetti (reported statement)
Trivia
- Family surname originally spelled O'Nety.
- Imprisoned in 1974 under Uruguay's military regime and later exiled to Spain.
- Awarded the Premio Cervantes in 1980.
- Buried in Cementerio de la Almudena in Madrid.