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Salvador Elizondo

サルバドル・エリソンド

Sarubadoru Erisondo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-12-19 （Mexico City）
Died
2006-03-29 （Mexico City） age 73
Nationality
Mexico
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Mexico City, Mexico

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Critic, Playwright, Journalist
Active Years
1960-2006
Affiliations
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Influenced By
Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Julio Cortázar, Juan Rulfo, Georges Bataille
Influenced
Pablo Soler Frost

Awards

Xavier Villaurrutia Award
1965
Work: Farabeuf or the Chronicle of an Instant
Organization: National Library (Mexico)
Result: 受賞
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
1990
Organization: Secretariat of Public Education (Mexico)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Farabeuf or the Chronicle of an Instant

1965 Novel

An experimental novel exploring time and memory.

TimeMemoryExperimental Literature
Translations
  • English translation (John Incledon, 2015)

El hipogeo secreto

1968 Novel

Experimental work set in a secret hypogeum.

MetafictionPostmodernism

El grafógrafo

1972 Short stories

Series of short texts based on linguistic experiments.

LanguageExperiment

Bibliography

  • Poemas, 1960
  • Luchino Visconti (criticism), 1963
  • Narda o el verano, 1966
  • Autobiografía, 1966
  • Cuaderno de escritura (criticism), 1969
  • El retrato de Zoe, 1969
  • Contextos (critical articles), 1973
  • Museo poético, 1974
  • Antología personal, 1974
  • Miscast, 1981
  • Camera lucida, 1983
  • La luz que regresa, 1984
  • Elsinore: un cuaderno, 1988
  • Estanquillo (textos), 1992
  • Teoría del infierno, 1993
  • Pasado Anterior, 2007

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ExperimentalPostmodernMetafictionalUnrealistic
Recurring Motifs
TimeLinguistic ExperimentationBoundaries of Fiction

Health

  • Cancer
    2006年（死去時）
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Regarded as one of the creators of influential experimental literature in Latin America.