Abelardo Castillo
Abelardo Castillo (born March 27, 1935 in Buenos Aires ; † May 2, 2017 ) was an Argentine journalist and writer .
Life
Shortly after his birth, his family settled in San Pedro ( Buenos Aires province down). He spent his childhood and youth there and returned to his hometown in 1952. Castillo initially earned his living as a freelancer for various newspapers, later he became editor-in-chief of the literary magazines "El escarabajo de oro" and "El ornitorrinco" for a few years.
At the age of 24 he made his successful debut in 1959 with his short story “Volvedor”. Through his subsequent readings (including Café Tortoni ), he made the acquaintance of the writer Sylvia Iparraguirre ; In 1976 he married her in Buenos Aires.
Honors
- 1984 Premio Konex
- 1986 1st Premio Municipal de Literatura for the novel "El que tiene sed".
- 2007 Premio Casa de las Américas for “El espejo que tiembla”.
- 2011 Gran Premio de Honor de la Sociedad Argentina de Escritores
Works (selection)
- stories
- Historia para un tal gaido . 2006.
- Los mundos reales . 1972.
- Las otras puertas . 1961.
- Las panteras y el templo . 1976.
- Essays
- Historia de literatura .
- Las palabras y los días . 1989.
- Ser escritor . 1975.
- Novels
- La casa de ceniza. Novela . 1968.
- Crónica de un iniciado. Novela . 1991.
- El evangelio según Van Hutten. Novela . 1999.
- El que tiene sed. Novela . 1985.
- Plays
- Israfel . 1964.
- El otro Judas . 1959.
- Tres dramas . 1968.
literature
- Elisa T. Calabrese: Animales fabulosos. Las revistas de Abelardo Castillo . Editores Martín, Mar de Plata 2006, ISBN 978-987-543083-9 (+ 1 CD).
- Clara Hernández (Ed.): Cuatro cuentistas. Abelardo Castillo, Octavio Getino , Jorge Onetti , Ricardo Piglia . Casa de las Américas, Havana 1979.
- María H. Lacau: Narradores argentinos de hoy . Kapelusz, Buenos Aires 1973 ff.
- Vol. 2. Héctor Tizón , Germán Rozenmacher , Abelardo Castillo, María Esther de Miguel . 1974.
- Gabriella Menczel: Incipit y subtexto en los cuentos de Julio Cortázar y Abelardo Castillo . Akadémíai Kiadó, Budapest 2002, ISBN 96-305-7955-3 (also dissertation, University of Budapest).
- Cristina Piña: La dialéctica entre la vida y la poesía tres relatos de Abelardo Castillo . In: Cuadernos hispanoaméricanos , (1982), No. 389, pp. 388-402.
- Susanna C. Vila: Abelardo Castillo entrevista . In: Lucanor , Vol. 2 (1987), No. 3, pp. 14-20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castillo, Abelardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd May 2017 |