Jorge Ibargüengoitia

Jorge Ibargüengoitia (born January 22, 1928 in Guanajuato , † November 27, 1983 in Madrid ) was a Mexican writer .

Life

His subtle, sometimes socially critical and cynical humor characterizes his satirical writing ( Esperpento ) and made him very popular with readers worldwide. Although he is also the author of numerous plays, his novels have been translated internationally.

He died on board Avianca flight 011 , which crashed on November 27, 1983 in Madrid.

Works (selection)

Novels

• Evening hours in the province. Roman ("Estas ruinas que ves"). Translation by Peter Schwaar. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1999, ISBN 3-518-22316-X .
• August lightning. Roman ("Los Relámpagos de agosto"). Translation by Peter Schwaar. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1992, ISBN 3-518-22104-3 .
• Maten al león . Mortiz, Mexico 1969.
• Los pasos de López . Editorial Océano, Mexico 1982.
• The dead women. Roman ("Las muertas"). Translation by Peter Schwaar. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1991, ISBN 3-518-22059-4 .
• Two crimes. Roman ("Dos crímenes"). Translation by Christine Stemmermann. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1990, ISBN 3-499-12796-2 .

Plays

• El atentado . Casa de las Américas, Mexico 1963.
• Theater . Editorial Mortiz, Mexico 1989/190

1. “Susana y los jóvenes”, “Clotilde en su casa”, “La lucha con el ángel” . 1989, ISBN 968-27-0345-X .
2. "Llego Margó", "Ante varias esfinges" e tre piezas es un acto "El loco amor viene", "El tesoro perdido", "Dos crímenes" . 1989, ISBN 968-27-0347-6 .
3. "El viaje superficial", "Párago e mano", "Los buenos manejos", "La conspiración vendida" . 1990, ISBN 968-27-0346-8 .

literature

• Jaime Castañeda Iturbide: El humorismo desmitificador de Jorge Ibargüengoitia. Breve comentario de su obra narrativa . Estado de Guanajuato 1988, ISBN 968-6170-06-5 .
• Charlotte Lange: Modos de parodia. Guillermo Cabrera Infante , Reinaldo Arenas , Jorge Ibargüengoitia y José Agustín Lang, Frankfurt / M. 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-554-9 (Hispanic studies; 22).
• Louis H. Quackenbusch: El "López" de Jorge Ibargüengoitia. Historia, teatro y autorreflexividad . Cosejo Nacional, Mexico 1992, ISBN 968-29-3585-7 (Nuestras escrituras).
• Osmar Sánchez Aguilera: De metatextos y acentuaciones del lenguage en “Los relámpagos de agosto” by Jorge Ibargüengoitia . In: Iztapalapa - revista de ciencias sociales y humanidades , Vol. 23 (2002), No. 52, pp. 107-121.
• Georg Oswald: Dust-dry Fiesta. About the Mexican author Jorge Ibargüengoitia, his recently published novel "Evenings in the Province" and other translations. In: Jungle World, January 5, 2000 [1]

Web links

• Literature by and about Jorge Ibargüengoitia in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Jorge Ibargüengoitia in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin