Isidoro Blaisten

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Isidoro Blaisten, 1982

Isidoro Blaisten (born January 12, 1933 in Concordia , Entre Ríos province , † August 28, 2004 in Buenos Aires ) was an Argentine journalist, photographer and writer.

Blaisten came from a Jewish immigrant family who, with the support of Baron Maurice de Hirsch and his Jewish Colonization Association , were able to immigrate to Argentina at the end of the 20th century. He was a son of David Blaistein and his wife Dora Gliclij; after the family settled in Concordia, they changed the family name from Blaistein to Blaisten .

Blaisten worked for many years as a bookseller in Concordia and also worked as a photographer. He made his debut as a writer successfully in the literary magazine "El escarabajo de oro". About the editorial staff of this magazine made u. a. also the acquaintance of Abelardo Castillo , who introduced him to the literary scene in the Café Tortoni .

In 2001 Blaisten was accepted as a member of the Academia Argentina de Letras ; a few years earlier he had already become a corresponding member of the Real Academia Española ( Madrid ).

At the age of 71, Isidoro Blaisten died of lung cancer on August 28, 2004 in Buenos Aires, where he found his final resting place.

Works (selection)

stories
  • A mí nunca me dejaban hablar. Antología de cuentos . Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1985, ISBN 950-07-0310-6 .
  • Al acecho . Emecé Editores, Buenos Aires 1995, ISBN 950-04-1491-0 .
  • Caroza y reina . Emecé, Buenos Aires 1986, ISBN 950-04-0519-9 .
  • Cerrado por melancolía . Buenos Aires 1982.
  • Cuentos anteriores , Editorial de Belgrano, Buenos Aires 1982.
  • Dublín al sur y otros relatos . Lengua de Trapo, Madrid 1996, ISBN 84-89618-04-6 .
  • La felicidad . Buenos Aires 1969.
  • Isidoro Blaisten. Antología personal . Desde la Gente, Buenos Aires 1997, ISBN 950-860-054-3 .
  • El mago. Nueva version . Emecé, Buenos Aires 1991, ISBN 950-04-1104-0 .
  • La salvación . Buenos Aires 1972.
Essays
Poetry
  • Sucedió en la lluvia . Buenos Aires 1965.
Novels
  • Voces en la noche . Buenos Aires 2004.

Film adaptations

literature

  • Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 18-19.

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Blaisten, Isidoro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian journalist, photographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Concordia, Entre Ríos Province
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 2004
Place of death Buenos Aires