Héctor Tizón
Héctor Tizón (born October 21, 1929 in Yala , Jujuy Province , † July 30, 2012 in San Salvador de Jujuy ) was an Argentine lawyer , diplomat and writer .
Life
Tizón studied law at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and was able to successfully complete this degree. He then returned to his hometown to work as a lawyer. After his first literary attempts during his studies, he teamed up with like-minded people in Yala and founded the literary magazine Tarja in 1956 .
When President Arturo Frondizi took over the government in 1958 , Tizón was sent to Mexico City as cultural attaché. During this time his first book was published: Selected stories under the title A un costado de los rieles (On the edge of the tracks). In addition to his professional activities, he made the acquaintance of Ernesto Cardenal , Ezequiel Martínez Estrada , Augusto Monterroso , Juan Rulfo and others. a. After two years, Tizón was recalled and sent to Milan as consul . In 1962 he returned to Argentina and resigned from all political offices.
Tizón returned to Yala and reopened a law firm. When the junta under General Jorge Rafael Videla came to power in 1976, he went into exile in Europe. He spent most of the time in Spain and Italy. When Argentina returned to democracy under President Raúl Alfonsín in 1983 , Tizón also returned to his homeland and settled in his hometown of Yala.
Works (selection)
stories
- El gallo blanco . 1992.
- El jacanciosa y la bella . 1972.
- Recuento . 1984.
- El traidor venerado . 1978.
- A un costado de los rieles . 1960.
Novels
- El cantar del profeta y el bandido. Novela . 1972.
- La casa y el viento. Novela . 1982.
- Fuego en Casabindo. Novela . 1969.
- Sota de bastos. Caballo de espadas. Novella . 1975.
- El viaje. Novela . 1988.
- Extraño y pálido fulgor . 1999. German by Rainer Kornberger: Two strangers in this world , Edition 8 , Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-85990-158-2 .
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La belleza del mundo . 2004
- The beauty of the world . Novel. Translation by Rainer Kornberger. Edition 8, Zurich 2014
Work editions
- Cuentos completos . 2006.
- Obra completa . 1998.
literature
- Pablo Heredia: El texto literario y los discursos regionales. Propuestas para una regionalización de la narrativa argentina contemporánea; apuntes sobre Haroldo Conti , Daniel Moyano , Héctor Tizón, Juan José Hernández y Juan José Saer . Editores Argos, Córdoba 1994, ISBN 987-9077-04-0 .
- Adrián P. Massei: Héctor Tizón. Una escritura desde el margins . Alción Editorial, Córdoba 1998.
- Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 119-120.
- Guillermo Saavedra: The impertinent curiosity. Entrevistas con narradores argentinos; Adolfo Bioy Casares , Tununa Mercado , Juan Martini , Carlos Feiling , André Rivera , Héctor Libertella , Elvio Gandolfo , Macelo Cohen , Nicolás Peyceré , Ricardo Piglia , Luis Chitarroni , Alberto Laiseca , Luis Gusmán , César Aira , Sergio Chejfec , Ana Basualdo , Héctor Tizón, Juan José Saer . Viterbo, Rosario 1993, ISBN 950-845-010-X .
- Gabriela Stöckli: Héctor Tizón. El arte de prescindir . Paradiso, Buenos Aires 2007, ISBN 978-987-9409-70-1 (also dissertation, University of Zurich 2004).
Web links
- Literature by and about Héctor Tizón in the catalog of the German National Library
- Héctor Tizón in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Argentine writer Hector Tizon has died , Der Standard , July 30, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tizón, Héctor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine lawyer, diplomat and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yala , Jujuy Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 2012 |
| Place of death | San Salvador de Jujuy |