Eduardo Mallea

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Eduardo Mallea

Eduardo Mallea (born August 14, 1903 in Bahía Blanca , Buenos Aires Province , † November 12, 1982 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine writer and diplomat.

Life

Mallea came to Buenos Aires with his family in 1916, where he also studied at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . His first literary attempts begin around this time. Mallea is one of the pioneers of the Nueva Novela in Argentina . He was a late modernism novelist dealing with existentialist themes. He also wrote various travel books and essays.

In 1931 Mallea was entrusted with the management of the literary supplement of the daily newspaper La Nación . He held this position for nearly thirty years. In this newspaper he also wrote repeatedly for the features section . When General Pedro Eugenio Aramburu took over the government in 1955, he sent Mallea to UNESCO as the representative of Argentina . When Arturo Frondizi took over power three years later , Mallea resigned and returned to Argentina.

Award

Quote

"It would not be worth writing if it weren't for the zenith of the tragic battle of the soul with itself."

- Eduardo Mallea : Poderío de la novela.

Works (selection)

stories

  • La barca de hielo. Relatos . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1967.
  • Cuentos para una inglesa desesperada . 1926 (edited by Gleizer).
  • La mancha en el mármol. Cuentos . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1982.
  • Posesión. Nouvelles . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1958.
  • La razón humana. nouvelles . Losada, Buenos Aires 1959.
  • La red. Relatos . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1968.
  • El resentimiento. noveulles . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1966.
  • El vínculo. Los Rembrandts. La rosa de Cernobbio . Emecé, Buenos Aires 1946.

Essays

  • Conocymiento y expression de la Argentina. Ensayo . Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires 1935.
  • La guerra interior. Ensayo . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1963.
  • Historia de una pasión argentina. Ensayo . Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires 1937.
  • Notas de un novelista. Ensayos . Losada, Buenos Aires 1954.
  • Los papeles privados. Ensayo . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1974.
  • Poderío de la novela. Ensayos . Aguilar, Buenos Aires 1965.
  • El sayal y la purpura. Ensayos . Losada, Buenos Aires 1941.

Novels

  • Las Águilas. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1944.
  • Chaves. Novela . Emecé, Buenos Aires 1953.
  • Los enemigos del alma. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1950.
  • La Ciudad junto al rio inmóvil. Nueve novelas cortas . Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires 1936.
  • La noche enseña a la noche. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1985.
  • Nocturno Europeo. Novela . Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires 1935.
  • Simbad. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1957.
  • Todo verdor perecerá. Novela . Espasa-Calpe, Buenos Aires 1943.
  • La Torre. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1951.
  • Triste piel del universo. Novela . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1971.

Plays

  • El gajo de enebro. Theater . Emecé, Buenos Aires 1957.
  • La representación de los aficionados. Theater . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1962.
  • Las Travesías I . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1961.
  • Las Travesías II . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1962.
  • La vida Blanca . Editorial Sur, Buenos Aires 1966.

Others

  • La Bahía del Silencio . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1940.
  • Gabriel Andaral . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1971.
  • En la creciente oscuridad . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1973.
  • Fiesta en Noviembre . Club del Libro ALA, Buenos Aires 1938.
  • Meditation en la costa . Imprenta Mercatali, Buenos Aires 1939.
  • La penúltima puerta . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1969.
  • El retorno . Espasa-Calpe, Buenos Aires 1946.
  • Rodeada esta de sueño . Espasa-Calpe, Buenos Aires 1946.
  • La sala de espera . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1953.

literature

  • Herbert Gillessen: Themes, images and motifs in Eduardo Mallea's work . Droz, Geneva 1966 (also dissertation, University of Cologne 1965).
  • Myron I. Light blue: Eduardo Mallea ante la crítica . Edition Universal, Miami, Fla. 1985, ISBN 0-89729-355-X .
  • Mercedes Pintor Genaro: Eduardo Mallea, novellista . University Press, Puerto Rico 1976, ISBN 0-8477-0525-0 .
  • Johm H. Polt: The writings of Eduardo Mallea . University PRess, Berkeley, Cal. 1959.
  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 79-80.
  • Oscar H. Villordo: Genio y figura de Eduardo Mallea . University Press, Buenos Aires 1973.

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personal data
SURNAME Mallea, Eduardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine writer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Bahía Blanca
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1982
Place of death Buenos Aires