Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1972) Winner
Juan García Ponce
フアン・ガルシア・ポンセ
Juan García Ponce
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-09-22 （Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico）
- Died
- 2003-12-27 （Mexico City, Mexico） age 71
- Nationality
- Mexican
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico → Mexico City, Mexico
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short-story writer, Essayist, Translator, Critic
- Active Years
- 1954-2012
- Influenced By
- Robert Musil, Thomas Mann, Jorge Luis Borges, Pierre Klossowski, Georges Bataille
- Influenced
- Salvador Elizondo, Inés Arredondo, Sergio Pitol
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Xavier Villaurrutia Award | Encuentros | — | National Library (Mexico) | 受賞 |
| 1981 | Premio Anagrama de Ensayo | — | — | Anagrama | 受賞 |
| 1989 | National Prize for Arts and Sciences | — | 言語学・文学 | Mexico | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Juan Rulfo Prize | — | — | Guadalajara International Book Fair | 受賞 |
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1972
Work:
Encuentros
Organization:
National Library (Mexico)
Result:
受賞
Premio Anagrama de Ensayo
1981
Organization:
Anagrama
Result:
受賞
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
1989
Category:
言語学・文学
Organization:
Mexico
Result:
受賞
Juan Rulfo Prize
2001
Organization:
Guadalajara International Book Fair
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (2001) Winner
Works
Major Works
La aparición de lo invisible
1968 NovelIlluminates the secret, demonic side of reality.
EroticismPhilosophic rigorAesthetics
Las huellas de la voz
1982 NovelPhilosophical erotic novel tracing the traces of voice.
VoiceExistenceEros
Figura de paja
1964 NovelExploration of reality through the metaphor of a straw figure.
EroticismPhilosophy
Crónica de la intervención
1982 NovelChronicle of intervention. Ranked 3rd in 2007 Mexican novels poll.
InterventionRealityPolitics
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Intertwines the erotic with philosophic rigor and the aestheticGeneración de la Ruptura style
- Recurring Motifs
- Secret, demonic side of realityAcceptance of all risks of existence
Health
-
Multiple sclerosis晩年Led to respiratory failure, causing death on December 27, 2003.
Legacy
Key figure in Generación de la Ruptura, introduced European authors to Mexico, known for innovative novels blending eroticism and philosophy.
In Popular Culture
- Crónica de la intervención ranked 3rd in Nexos' 2007 poll of best Mexican novels of past 30 years.
Trivia
- Critic of Mexican art.
- Associated with painters of Generación de la Ruptura.