Julio Escoto

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Julio Escoto (* 1944 in Honduras ) is a Honduran writer. He lives in San Pedro Sula / Honduras.

Julio Escoto writes short stories, short stories, novels and essays and is currently considered the most successful storyteller in Honduras. Before the communist persecution in the 1980s, he fled to Costa Rica . He has published several historical novels, including the life of the Honduran national hero Francisco Morazán .

In the novel Rey del Arbol-Madrugada , he takes a critical look at the machinations of the CIA in Honduras.

Works (selection)

  • Los guerreros de Hibueras, 1967. Three stories: Los guerreros de Hibueras, La espera prolongada and Amalita, most recently republished in the anthology: Todos los cuentos, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 1999
  • El arbol de los pañuelos, 1972
  • La balada del herido pájaro y Otros Cuentos, 1985, also again in the anthology: Todos los cuentos. Among them the short story: Abril antes del mediodía (in German: April, before noon), this in German translation by Ulrich Kunzmann published in Erkundungen, 50 Erzaehler aus Mittel America, Carlos Rincón , Berlin, 1988
  • The story "Resistir. No resistir. La resistencia.¿Por qué la resistencia?" - in German: Resist. Don't resist. The resistance. Why the resistance? - was originally included in the Antologia del cuento hondureño, Tegucigalpa, 1968 and was republished in the anthology: Todos los cuentos.
  • Bajo el almendro ... junto al volcán (in German: Under the almond tree ... next to the volcano), story, 1988
  • Rey del Arbol-Madrugada, 1993
  • Del Tiempo Y El Tropico-Honduras / Of Time and the Tropics, 2002, together with Guillermo Anderson, ISBN 90-6832-526-4

source

  • Hans-Gerd Spelleken: Honduras Handbook , Bielefeld 2002, p. 179

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personal data
SURNAME Escoto, Julio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Honduran writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Honduras