Hector Murena
Héctor Alberto Álvarez Murena (also HA Murena; * 1923 in Buenos Aires , † 1975 there ) was an Argentine writer .
Murena studied at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the Universidad de Buenos Aires . After successfully completing his degree, he got a job with the daily newspaper “ La Nación ”, where he did a. a. also the acquaintance of Silvina Bullrich and Mateo Booz ; But there was never any real collaboration.
Murena later wrote for newspapers and magazines such as "Lettres Nouvelles", "Sur" and the like. a.
reception
Murena wrote a single play "El juez", which was highly praised by the audience as well as by official critics. In it he deals with the drama of a bourgeois family, torn from their Biedermeier character, he lets them experience hell.
In his trilogy “Historica” Murena shows himself entirely as a student of Eduardo Mallea . Stylishly, frighteningly rabulist and ironically written, it is considered one of his most important works. Another cycle, which remained unfinished, is entitled “ El sueño de la razón ” and pays homage to Francisco Goya .
Works (selection)
- Essays
- Ensayos sobre subversión . 1963.
- Homo atomicus . 1961.
- El nombre secreto . 1969.
- El pecado original de America . 1954.
- Poetry
- El círculo de los paraísos . 1958.
- El demonio de la armoría . 1964.
- El escándolo y el fuego . 1959.
- La vida nueva . 1951.
- Novels
- Historia. Trilogia ("La falidad de los cuerpos", "Las leyes de la noche", "Los herederos de la promesa").
- Visiones de Babel .
- El sueño de löa razón .
- Epitalámica . 1969.
- Polispuercón . 1970.
- as translator and editor
- Theodor Adorno
- Walter benjamin
- Jürgen Habermas
- Max Horkheimer
- Herbert Marcuse
- Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
literature
- Helmut C. Jacobi: The sleep of reason gives birth to monsters . Schwabe Verlag, Basel 2006, ISBN 978-3-7965-2261-1 .
- Dieter Reichardt: Latin American authors. Literary dictionary and bibliography of German translations . Verlag Erdmann, Tübingen 1972, ISBN 3-7711-0152-2 , pp. 109-110.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Murena, Héctor |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murena, HA; Murena, Héctor Alberto Álvarez (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
DATE OF DEATH | 1975 |
Place of death | Buenos Aires |