Julio Ardiles Gray

Julio Ardiles Gray (born May 6, 1922 in Monteros , Tucumán Province , † August 19, 2009 ibid) was an Argentine teacher and writer.

Ardiles Gray attended the teacher training college in his home country and after successfully completing his studies worked as a teacher in the province of Tucumán for more than twenty years. In 1943, together with Raúl Galán and María Elvira Juárez , he founded the literary association “ La Carpa ”. This group, which soon established its own publishing house, soon played an important role in literary and social life in northeast Argentina.

As a freelancer, Ardiles Gray wrote for the newspapers “ La Gaceta ”, “ La Nación ” and later also for “ La Opinión ”.

Julio Ardiles Gray died at the age of 87 on August 19, 2009 in Monteros, where he found his final resting place.

Film adaptations

• In 2000 the director Gerardo Vallejo filmed his novel "El inocente" for the cinema.

Works (selection)

stories

• Los amigos lejanos. Narratives . 1956.
• Elegía. Narratives . 1951.

Poetry

• Cánticos terrenales . 1950.
• Tiempo deseado . 1944.

Novels

• La grieta. Novela . 1952.
• El inocente. Novela . 1968.

theatre

• Personajes y situaciones . 1989.
• Vecinos y parientes . 1970.

literature

• Dieter Reichardt: Author Lexicon Latin America . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt / M. 1994, ISBN 3-518-38828-2 , pp. 9-10.
• Fernando Sorrentino (Ed.): 36 cuentos argentinos con humor - siglo XX . Plus ultra, Buenos Aires 1977, ISBN 950-21-0431-5 , p. 28 ff.
• Milagros de la Vega: En aguas del recuerdo. Memorias . Corregidor, Buenos Aires 1979.

Web links

• Obituary in La Gaceta (Spanish)