Abel Posse

Abel Parentini Posse (born January 7, 1934 in Córdoba ) is an Argentine diplomat and writer.

Live and act

Posse studied law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires until 1959 . In the summer of 1959 he went to France to study literature at the Sorbonne . After completing his studies, he went back to his homeland and settled in Buenos Aires .

From 1965 Posse represented his country as ambassador in Moscow and in 1973 moved to Venice in a similar position . Between 1985 and 1988 he was his country's ambassador to Jerusalem and later held similar offices in Prague , Lima and Madrid . When Néstor Kirchner was putting together his cabinet, Posse was briefly under discussion as Foreign Minister.

Parallel to his political offices and tasks, a notable oeuvre emerged over the years, which, however, did not generally appeal to literary criticism.

Honors

• 1983 Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los perros del paraíso .

Works (selection)

Essays

• Biblioteca esential. 101 libros fundamentales de la literatura mundial, con un anexo sobre literatura argentina y rioplatense . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 1991, ISBN 950-04-1120-2 .
• Argentina. El gran viraje . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 2000, ISBN 950-04-2162-3 .
• El eclipse argentino. De la enfermedad colectiva al renacimiento . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 2003, ISBN 950-04-2510-6 .
• El letra grande. Encuentros con maestros de la vida y los libros . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 2005, ISBN 950-04-2737-0 .

Novels

• Los bogavantes . Argos Vergara, Barcelona 1982, ISBN 84-7178-402-5 (EA Buenos Aires 1970).
• La boca del tigre . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 2002, ISBN 950-04-2347-2 (EA Buenos Aires 1971).
• Daimon . Emecé Editoria, Buenos Aires 1991, ISBN 950-04-0870-8 (EA Buenos Aires 1978)
• Los perros del paraíso . Buenos Aires 1983.
  • German translation: The dogs of paradise . translated by Ulrich Kunzmann. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-351-02076-7 .
• El largo atardecer del caminante . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 1992, ISBN 950-04-1219-5 .
• La pasión según Eva . Buenos Aires 1994.
  • German translation: Evita. The novel of her life . translated by Susanne Lange . Eichborn, Frankfurt / M. 1996, ISBN 3-8218-0341-X .
• Los cuadernos de PRaga . Editorial Atlantida, Buenos Aires 1998, ISBN 950-08-2052-8 .
• Cuando muere el hijo. Una crónica real . Emecé Editorial, Buenos Aires 2009, ISBN 978-950-04-3204-7 .

literature

Essays

• María A. Minelli: El papel del intelectual y la ficción histórica de Abel Posse . In: Río de la Plata Culturas. Vol. 20/21 (2000), ISSN  0982-0582 , pp. 543-552.
• Fernando Reati: Los signos del Tarot y el fin de la razón occidental en America. "Daimón" de Abel Posse . In: Disposition. American Journal of cultural histories and theories. Vol. 20 (1995), No. 47, ISSN  0734-0591 , pp. 93-108.
• Norbert Rehrmann: A country under the sign of the cross-gallows. The Spanish-Jewish heritage in the work of the Argentine writer Abel Posse . In: Hispanorama. Journal of the German Association of Spanish Teachers. Vol. 99 (2003), ISSN  0720-1168 , pp. 68-76
• Walter P. Parks: Mata Ortiz. Un renacimiento alfareroón histórica de Abel Posse . In: Artes de México. Vol. 45 (1999), ISSN  0300-4953 , pp. 20-35.
• Osvaldo Rodríguez: La ruta del descubrimiento en "Los perros del paraíso" de Abel Posse . In: Río de la Plata Culturas. Vol. 15/16 (1992), ISSN  0982-0582 , pp. 111-119.

Monographs

• María B. Aracil Varón: Abel Posse. De lacrónica al mito de América (Cuadernos de América sin nombre; Vol. 9). Universidad, Alicante 2004, ISBN 84-7908-784-6 .
• René Ceballos: The transversal historical novel in Latin America using the example of Augusto Roa Bastos , Gabriel García Marquez and Abel Posse . Vervuert publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 2005, ISBN 3-86527-238-X (also dissertation, University of Leipzig 2003).
• Luis Sáinz de Medrano (Ed.): Abel Posse. La semana de autor sobre Abel Posse se celebró en Madrid del 20 al 23 de noviembro en Casa de América . Agencia ECI, Madrid 1997, ISBN 84-7232-784-1 .
• José A. Sanchez Zamorano: Aguirre, la cólera de la historia. Aproximción a la "nueva novela histórica latinoamericana" a través de la narrativa de Abel Posse . Universidad, Sevilla 2002, ISBN 84-472-0717-X .
• Roland Spiller: Between Utopia and Aporia. The narrative determination of identity in contemporary Argentine novels; Juan Martini , Tomás Eloy Martínez , Ricardo Piglia , Abel Posse and Rodolfo Rabanal . Vervuert publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 1993, ISBN 3-89354-846-7 (also dissertation, University of Nuremberg 1993).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Named after the Venezuelan writer Rómulo Gallegos (1884–1969).

Web links

• Miguel Bonasso: Posse, el canciller de Fujimori . In: Página / 12 of March 20, 2003.