Raúl González Tuñón

Raúl González Tuñón

Raúl González Tuñón (born March 29, 1905 in Buenos Aires , † August 14, 1974 there ) was an Argentine journalist and writer.

Life

González Tuñón came from an old Argentine family; the writer Enrique González Tuñón was his older brother. After his first literary attempts he started as a freelancer for the daily newspaper " Clarín "; later he was also part of the editorial team.

González Tuñón went on an extensive trip to Europe and also lived for some time in Madrid and Paris . After his return home he also wrote for the newspaper “Crítica”. During the Chaco War (1932-1935) he reported as a war correspondent and in this capacity he was also sent to Spain in 1936. There he reported from the civil war until 1939 .

He was friends with Rafael Alberti , Robert Desnos , Federico García Lorca , Miguel Hernández , Pablo Neruda , César Vallejo and is considered a typical representative of Vanguardia in literary terms .

González Tuñón died in Buenos Aires in August 1974 at the age of 69 and found his final resting place there.

Works (selection)

Fiction

• A la sombra de los barrios amados . Editorial Lautaro, Buenos Aires 1957.
• Demada versus el Olvido . Ediciones La Rosa Blindada, Buenos Aires 2006, ISBN 978-987-540-080-1 .
• El otro lado de la estrella . Sociedad Amigos del libros, Buenos Aires 1934.
• Juancíto caminador y otros poemas . Planeta, Buenos Aires 1999, ISBN 978-950-4902-24-9 .
• Primer canto argentino . Self-published, Buenos Aires 1945.
• El rumbo de las islas perdidas . Libros de Tierra Firma, Buenos Aires 1994 (reprint of the Buenos Aires 1969 edition).
• Todos bailau . Libros de Tierra Company, Buenos Aires 1987.
• Le veleta y la antena . Editorial Leyendo, Buenos Aires 1969.

Non-fiction

• Todos los hombres del mundo son hermanos. Impresiones de viaje Moscú, Leningrado, Pekín, Tientsín, Nanking, Shanghai, Hanchow, Praga, Lidice y una vision de Varsovia . Editorial Poemas, Buenos Aires, 1954.

literature

• Hervé Lelorre: Approche de la poésie de Raúl Gonzalez Tuñón . Univ. de Poitiers 1991 (dissertation).
• Naomi Lindstrom: Raúl Gonzalez Tuñón, “El violín del diablo”. Avant-gardím and social statement . In: Ibero-American Archives / New Series , vol. 13 (1987), issue 2, pp. 191-206.
• Pierína L. Moreau: el París de Raúl Gonzalez Tuñón . In: Bitácora , Vol. 3 (2000), No. 5, pp. 47-75.
• Horacio Salas (ed.): Conversaciones con Raúl Gonzalez Tuñón . Editorial La Bastilla, Buenos Aires 1975.
• Mirkin Zulema: Raúl Gonzalez Tuñón. Cronista rebelde y mago . Instituto Literario, Buenos Aires 1991.

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