Manuel Mujica Láinez

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Manuel Mujica Láinez

Manuel Mujica Láinez (born September 11, 1910 in Buenos Aires , † April 21, 1984 in Cruz Chica , Córdoba ) was an Argentine writer and journalist .

life and work

Mujica Láinez attended schools in England and France and studied law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires . From 1932 he was editor of the newspaper La Nación . From 1955 to 1958 he was the head of the cultural department of the Argentine Foreign Ministry.

His work includes the collection of poems Canto a Buenos Aires and the collection of short stories Misteriosa Buenos Aires . The cycle of novels Los ídolos , La Casa , Los viajeros and Invitados en el paraíso , created in the 1950s, is influenced by Marcel Proust .

His late work includes the trilogy Bomarzo , El Unicornio and El Laberinto . Bomarzo is set in the Italian Renaissance, El Unicornio in the French Middle Ages and El Laberinto in the Golden Age of Spain. With this trilogy, Mujica Láinez tried to encompass the national character of the countries in literary terms, which in turn shaped the national character of Argentina.

Works (selection)

stories
  • Ángeles de Manucho . Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1994, ISBN 950-07-0986-4 .
  • Aquí Vivieron . 10th edition Debolsillo, Barcelona 2008, ISBN 978-987-566-376-3 .
  • El brazalete . 2nd edition Planeta, Barcelona 1992, ISBN 950-742-044-4 .
  • Cuentos inéditos . Ollero & Ramos, Madrid 1994, ISBN 84-7895-035-4 .
  • De milagros y de melancolías . 3rd ed. Editorial sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1973.
  • El hombrecito del azulejo . 6th edition. Editorial sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1996, ISBN 950-07-0628-8 .
  • Misteriosa Buenos Aires . 3rd ed. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1994, ISBN 950-07-0036-0 .
  • Narciso . Buenos Aires 1965.
Poetry
  • Canto a Buenos Aires. Poemas . 3rd ed. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1975. (Reprint of the edition Buenos Aires 1943).
Novels
  • Un artista . Buenos Aires 1960.
  • Bomarzo. A renaissance novel (“Bomarzo”). Blanvalet Verlag, Berlin 1971.
  • La casa . 13th edition. Editorial sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1995, ISBN 950-07-0997-X .
  • Cecil . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1994, ISBN 950-742-525-X (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1972 edition).
  • Los cisnes . Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1977.
  • Don Galaz de Buenos Aires Seix Barral, Barcelona 1993, ISBN 84-322-3107-X (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1938 edition).
  • La galera .
  • Los ídolos . Cátedra, Madrid 1999, ISBN 84-376-1751-0 (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1952 edition).
  • Invitados en el paraíso . 2nd ed. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1969.
  • Miguel Cané (padre). Un romantico porteño . El Elefante Blanco, Buenos Aires 2000, ISBN 987-922333-0 (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1942 edition).
  • The legend of the beautiful Melusine , told by herself ("El unicornio"). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-608-95298-5 .
  • The scarab. Roman ("El escarabajo"). Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-608-95590-9 .
  • Sergio . 6th edition. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1983, ISBN 950-07-0158-8 .
  • El viaje de los siete demonios . Seix Barral, Barcelona 1992, ISBN 84-322-3094-4 (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1974 edition).
  • Los viajeros . 2nd ed. Editorial sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1967.
Non-fiction
  • Crónicas reales . 3rd ed. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1975.
  • Estampas de Buenos Aires . Editorial sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1946 (illustrated by Marie E. Wrede).
  • Glosas castellanas . 1936.
Work editions
  • Cuentos completos . Santillana, Madrid 2001 (2 vols.).
  • Los manuscritos de Manuel Mujica Láinez . Fundacion Manuel Mujica Láinez, Buenos Aires 2000 ff (20 vols.).
  • Obras completas . Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1978, ISBN 950-07-0186-3 (6 vols.).

literature

  • Pepe Aquilera: Retratos de "Bomarzo". Homenaje a Manuel Mujica Láinez . Universidad de Málaga 1979.
  • Michiel Koolbergen: In de ban van “Bomarzo” . Van Dobbenburgh, Amsterdam 1984, ISBN 90-6577-009-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Mujica Láinez, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1984
Place of death Cruz Chica , Cordoba