Enrique Congrains
Enrique Congrains (full name Enrique Congrains Martín ; * 1932 in Lima , Peru , † July 6, 2009 in Cochabamba , Bolivia) was a Peruvian writer. He is one of the early representatives of Peruvian metropolitan literature.
Life
Enrique Congrains attended primary and secondary school in Lima. His story El niño de junto al cielo has been published in numerous reading books in Peru. Together with Julio Ramón Ribeyro , Canos Eduardo Zavaleta and Manuel Scorza , he belonged to the 50 generation . His novel No una, sino muchas muertes ("Nobody, but many dead)" was the subject of a film by Francisco Lombardi entitled "Maruja Made in Hell" . Most recently he lived in Bolivia for several years, where he died of cardiac arrest in hospital. He had 8 children.
Works (selection)
The year of publication of the original edition in brackets:
- Lima, hora cero (1954)
- Kikuyo (1955)
- No una, sino muchas muertes (1957)
- El niño de junto al cielo
- Domingo en jaula de esteras
literature
- Mahlendorff, Andrea: Literary geography of Latin America. On the development of spatial awareness in Latin American literature . Berlin, 2000 [contains a chapter on the representation of Lima in Congrain's No una, sino muchas muertes ]
supporting documents
- ^ Fallce el escritor peruano Enrique Congrains (communication about the death of E. Congrains; Spanish)
- ↑ http://www.andina.com.pe/espanol/Noticia.aspx?id=k5n87S9P7/M= ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Congrains, Enrique |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Congrains Martín, Enrique (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Peruvian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lima , Peru |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 2009 |
| Place of death | Cochabamba , Bolivia |