Edgardo Cozarinsky
Edgardo Cozarinsky (born January 13, 1939 in Buenos Aires ) is an Argentine writer and director .
Career
Edgardo Cozarinsky comes from a family of Russian-Jewish immigrants from Odessa and Kiev . He grew up, as he would later tell, with old Hollywood films in the cinemas of his neighborhood and with European literature. He studied literature at the university in his hometown and earned his living as a film critic for Argentinian and Spanish newspapers and magazines. At the age of 20 he met Silvina Ocampo , Adolfo Bioy Casares and through them Jorge Luis Borges .
In 1974 he left Argentina because of the dramatic political situation before the death of Juan Perón and settled in France. He lives as an author and filmmaker (director, screenwriter and producer) "as a nomad by vocation" partly in Paris, partly in Buenos Aires and deals with Borges , Chekhov and Nabokov in his literary and cinematic work .
Edgardo Cozarinsky wrote novels and short stories as well as essays. Thanks to the translations of his books and a. into French, English and German, he is one of the representatives of Argentine literature known outside the Spanish-speaking area . He was a guest u. a. at the International Literature Festival Berlin 2007.
Works
novel
- 2004 El rufián moldavo . (German. They call me flighty and what do I know ... Wagenbach, Berlin 2007. ISBN 978-3-8031-3210-9 ).
stories
- 1985 Vudú urbano .
- 2002 La novia de Odessa . (German. The bride from Odessa. Stories . Wagenbach, Berlin 2009. ISBN 3-8031-3197-9 ).
- 2006 Tres fronteras
- 2009 Burundanga . (German Bambi on Broadway . Wagenbach, Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-8031-1258-3 ).
Short stories
- 2005 Museo del chisme .
Essays
- 1964 El laberinto de la apariencia .
- 1974 Borges y el cinematógrafo .
- 2002 El pase del testigo .
- 2010 Cinematógrafos .
Filmography
- 1981: The war of an individual (La guerre d'un seul homme)
- 1983: Jean Cocteau - Self-portrait of a stranger (Autoportrait d'un inconnu)
- 1992: Streets of Twilight (Boulevards du crépuscule: Sur Falconetti, Le Vigan et quelques autres en Argentine)
- 1997: Fantômes de Tanger
- 2001: Ingrid Caven
- 2005: The night owl (Ronda nocturna)
- 2010: Apuntes para una biografía imaginaria
- 2011: Nocturnos
Footnotes
- ↑ Edgardo Cozarinsky: Cinematógrafos . Ministerio de Cultura, Buenos Aires 2010. pp. 79–82.
Web links
- Literature by and about Edgardo Cozarinsky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Edgardo Cozarinsky in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Emilio Toibero: Abecedario Cozarinsky : Excerpts and quotations from writings and interviews by Edgardo Cozarinsky, arranged alphabetically by subject (Spanish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cozarinsky, Edgardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |