Oliverio Girondo
Oliverio Girondo (born August 17, 1891 in Buenos Aires , † January 24, 1967 ibid) was an Argentine journalist and writer.
Life
Girondo came from a very wealthy, educated middle class family. Already in his childhood he was traveling with his parents. a. he attended the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 . During his life he reported about this stay in Paris, because he wanted to have met Oscar Wilde there while walking .
In Paris, Girondo attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand at the request of his parents and later switched to the Epsom School in London . He then completed his law degree at the Universidad de Buenos Aires and traveled throughout Central Europe during his semester break.
In 1922 he made his successful debut as a writer in Paris; with his debut, a poetry anthology (“twenty poems to read in the tram”), he was still completely in the shadow of Guillaume Apollinaire . In Argentina he wrote regularly for various newspapers and magazines, such as “Proa”, “Prisma” and “ Martín Fierro ”. The first edition of the latter featured his well-known manifesto of surrealism . Through this work he came to Grupo Florida and learned at a party (40th birthday) from Ricardo Güiraldes a . a. know the writer Norah Lange .
He moved in with her and after living together for over 20 years, the couple married in Buenos Aires in 1943. The surrealist Enrique Molina referred to it - but above all his work - as “Noraliverio” and Néstor Ibarra saw Nora Lange as the muse of Ultraísmo and Girondo as the creator of this muse.
Around 1950 Girondo also tried his hand at painting. He also saw himself connected to surrealism with his pictures, but could not achieve any success here. During his lifetime he could not sell or even exhibit a single painting.
In 1964 Girondo was involved in a traffic accident when he was hit by a car while walking. In 1967 he died of the long-term effects of this accident and found his final resting place in the La Recoleta cemetery in his hometown. The writer Enrique Molina endeavored to maintain Girondo's work and therefore also finished the manuscripts that were still unfinished.
Works (selection)
- Poetry
- Calcomanías y otros poemas . Renacimiento, Seville 2007, ISBN 978-84-8472-339-4 .
- Veinte poemas for ser leídos en el tranvía . Barthélemy, Paris 1922.
- Translations
- Arthur Rimbaud : Una temporada en el infierno .
- Work editions
- Obra completa . Galaxia Guternberg, Madrid 1999.
- Obras completas . Editorial Losada, Buenos Aires 1968.
literature
- Patricia M. Montilla: Parody, the avant-garde and the poetics of subversion in Oliverio Girondo . Lang, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-8204-7897-5 .
- Roberto Retamoso: Oliverio Girondo. El devenir de su poesía . Universidad Nacional, Rosario 2005, ISBN 950-673-469-0 .
- Jorge Schwartz (Ed.): Oliverio. Nuevo homenaje e Girondo . Viterbo Editorial, Rosario 2007, ISBN 978-950-845-210-8 .
- Jorge Schwartz: Vanguardia y cosmopolitismo en la década del veinte. Oliverio Girondo y Oswald de Andrade . Viterbo Editorial, Rosario 1993, ISBN 950-845-005-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Oliverio Girondo in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Girondo, Oliverio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Argentine journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Buenos Aires |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 1967 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |