Felisberto Hernández
Felisberto Hernández (* 20th October 1902 in Montevideo , † 13 January 1964 ) was a Uruguayan Fantasy - author .
Life
Hernandez learned to play the piano by himself and worked as a piano accompanist for silent films and as a bar pianist . He ran a bookstore in a garage for a short time, spent the years 1946 to 1948 in Paris and then returned to Uruguay .
His first volume of short stories, Fulano de tal , appeared in 1925, and others followed.
Works
- The woman who is like me. Collected stories. Translated from the Spanish by Angelica Ammar , Anneliese Botond and Sabine Giersberg . Suhrkamp Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-518-41752-5 .
- The hydrangeas , stories, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985 ISBN 3-518-41752-5 .
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Minificciones - mini stories from Latin America , transl . Erica Engeler , DTV 2009, contains
- The Theosophists - Los teósofos
- Gods decision - Deliberación de los Dioses
- Elections - Sufragio
Web links
- Literature by and about Felisberto Hernández in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hernandez at eb.com
- Official website about Felisberto Hernández (German)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hernández, Felisberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Uruguayan pianist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montevideo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1964 |
| Place of death | Montevideo |