Premio Nadal
1 appearances
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Edition 44 (1987) Winner
Juan José Saer
フアン・ホセ・サエル
Juan José Saer
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1937-06-28 （Serodino）
- Died
- 2005-06-11 （Paris） age 67
- Nationality
- Argentine
- Languages
- Spanish
- Religion
- Atheism
- Residence History
- Serodino, Argentina → Santa Fe, Argentina → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 1963-2005
- Affiliations
- National University of the Littoral, University of Rennes 2
- Influenced By
- William Faulkner, Juan Carlos Onetti
- Influenced
- Ricardo Piglia, César Aira
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National University of the Littoral | — | Law and Philosophy | — | — | Argentina |
National University of the Littoral
Law and Philosophy
Country:
Argentina
Taught History of Cinematography
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Premio Nadal | The Event | — | Destino | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay | Las veredas de Saturno | — | Argentine Association of Film Critics | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Platinum Konex Award | Work from 1994-1998 | — | Fundación Konex | 受賞 |
Premio Nadal
1987
Work:
The Event
Organization:
Destino
Result:
受賞
Silver Condor Award for Best Original Screenplay
1990
Work:
Las veredas de Saturno
Organization:
Argentine Association of Film Critics
Result:
受賞
Platinum Konex Award
2004
Work:
Work from 1994-1998
Organization:
Fundación Konex
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Witness
1983 NovelA story set in the colonial era where the narrator encounters indigenous people as a Spanish sailor.
ColonialismMemoryIdentity
Translations
- Trans. Margaret Jull Costa
Bibliography
- Responso (1963)
- La vuelta completa (1966)
- Scars (1969)
Adaptations
- Palo y hueso (1968, dir. Nicolás Sarquís)
- No, No, Never (1998, dir. Raúl Beceyro)
Translations of Works
- The Witness (English)
- Nobody Nothing Never (English)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Faulknerian recurring charactersRioplatense styleComplex narrative structures
- Recurring Motifs
- La Zona (around Santa Fe)Twin brothersExiled writerRiverside landscapes
Health
-
Lung cancer2005年頃Cause of death
Legacy
Considered Argentina's most important writer after Borges. Key figure in Latin American literature.
Trivia
- Of Syrian descent
- Exiled to Paris
- Unpublished notebooks published posthumously