Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1 appearances
Juan José Arreola
フアン・ホセ・アレオラ
Juan José Arreola
Aliases:
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1918-09-21 （Zapotlán el Grande (now Ciudad Guzmán), Jalisco, Mexico）
- Died
- 2001-12-03 （Guadalajara, Mexico） age 83
- Nationality
- Mexico
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Zapotlán el Grande (Ciudad Guzmán) → Mexico City → Paris → Guadalajara
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Academic, Actor
- Active Years
- 1941-2001
- Affiliations
- Fondo de Cultura Económica, El Colegio de México, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Casa del Lago
- Influenced By
- Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Jonathan Swift
- Influenced
- Carlos Fuentes, José Agustín, José Emilio Pacheco
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theatrical School of Fine Arts | — | Theater | — | 1936頃 | Mexico |
Theatrical School of Fine Arts
Theater
Period:
1936頃
Country:
Mexico
Entered in Mexico City
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | National Prize for Arts and Sciences | — | 文学・言語学 | Government of Mexico | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Xavier Villaurrutia Prize | La feria | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Jalisco Prize in Letters | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | FIL Award (then Juan Rulfo Prize) | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Alfonso Reyes International Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Ramón López Velarde Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
1979
Category:
文学・言語学
Organization:
Government of Mexico
Result:
受賞
Xavier Villaurrutia Prize
1963
Work:
La feria
Result:
受賞
Jalisco Prize in Letters
1989
Result:
受賞
FIL Award (then Juan Rulfo Prize)
1992
Result:
受賞
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
1997
Result:
受賞
Ramón López Velarde Prize
1998
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
-
Edition 21 (1979) Winner
FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages
1 appearances
-
Edition 2 (1992) Winner
Works
Major Works
Confabulario
1952 Short storiesExperimental short story collection featuring fantasy and satire.
ExistentialismAbsurdism
Translations
- Confabulario and Other Inventions (1964, tr. George D. Schade)
La feria
1963 NovelHis only novel, dense with references to his hometown.
SatireAllegory
Bibliography
- Varia invención (1949)
- Confabulario (1952)
- La feria (1963)
- Palíndroma (1971)
- Bestiario (1972)
Translations of Works
- Confabulario and Other Inventions (English, 1964)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ExperimentalFantasticSatiricalAllegorical
- Recurring Motifs
- ExistentialismAbsurdismPrecursors to magical realism
Health
-
Hydrocephalus晩年Afflicted him in his last years, led to death
Legacy
Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the 20th century, precursor to magical realism, influenced many Mexican writers.
Museums
- Juan José Arreola Public Library of the State of Jalisco Jalisco, Mexico
In Popular Culture
- Statue of Juan José Arreola at Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres in Guadalajara
Trivia
- Fourth of 14 children
- Little known outside Mexico
- Selected by Borges for Biblioteca personal