J. Rodolfo Wilcock

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Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (born April 17, 1919 in Buenos Aires , Argentina, † March 16, 1978 in Lubriano , Viterbo , Italy) was an Argentine writer, poet, literary critic, translator and civil engineer.

life and work

Argentina

Wilcock was the son of the British Charles Leonard Wilcock and the Argentine Aida Romegialli (of Italian-Swiss origin).

He studied engineering at the Universidad de Buenos Aires .

His first publication, Libro de poemas y canciones ("Book of Poems and Songs") came in 1940 and received the Martín Fierro Prize of the Argentine Writers' Association (SADE). The city of Buenos Aires also honored the work with the prestigious Premio Municipal. In the following year he made the acquaintance of Silvina Ocampo , Bioy Casares and Jorge Luis Borges , with whom he was a close friend. He later called them the "triumvirate" that helped him to leave his "gray existence" (as a civil servant) behind. He was also friends with María Elena Walsh .

In 1943 he completed his studies as a civil engineer. He worked for the state railway and was involved in the reconstruction of the Transandina and the construction of the San Rafael-Malargue ice rink. In 1944 he gave up this post. Between 1942 and 1944 he headed the literary magazine Verde Memoria and between 1945 and 1947 the magazine Disco .

In 1945 he self-published the collections of poetry Ensayos de poesía lírica and Persecución de las musas menores , followed in 1946 by Paseo sentimental (Editorial Sudamericana) and Los hermosos dias (Emecé).

In 1951 he traveled to Europe with his friends Silvina Ocampo and Bioy Casares. He was visiting Italy for the first time.

Europe

The artistic and intellectual life in Argentina suffered increasingly from the reprisals of the regime of General Juan Perón . Wilcock went to London in 1953 and 1954 and worked as a translator and commentator for the BBC. Just like his friend Raymond Queneau , he translated from German, French, English and Italian, including works by Franz Kafka , Gustave Flaubert , TS Eliot and later even Finnegans Wake by James Joyce .

In 1955 he went to Rome, where he taught French and English literature. He also worked on the Argentine edition of the Osservatore Romano , the Vatican newspaper.

After returning briefly to Buenos Aires, he soon returned to Italy, where he finally settled in 1957. From now on he wrote his works in Italian, which he now had perfectly mastered. In addition to his literary works, he wrote for numerous newspapers (La Nazione di Firenze, L'Espresso, La Voce Repubblicana, Il Messaggero, Il Tempo) and literary magazines. His Italian friends included u. a. Ennio Flaiano , Tommaso Landolfi , Giorgio Manganelli , Alberto Moravia , Luigi Malerba and Luigi Vassalli.

In 1964 he played the role of Caiaphas as Rodolfo Wilcock in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Il vangelo secondo Matteo (German: The 1st Gospel - Matthew ).

In 1975 he applied for Italian citizenship. He died on March 16, 1978 in his country house in Lubriano, Viterbo province, north of Rome. He was granted citizenship post mortem by decree of the head of state on April 4, 1979. Juan Rodolfo Wilcock is buried in the Protestant cemetery in Rome , near the Porta San Paolo and the Pyramid of Cestius .

Long rejected as an eccentric outsider, he is now counted among the great contemporary writers in Italy.

bibliography

  • Libro de poemas y canciones. Editorial Sudamericana, 1940.
  • Ensayos de poesía lírica. Self-published, 1945.
  • Persecución de las musas menores. Self-published, 1945.
  • Paseo sentimental. Editorial Sudamericana, 1946.
  • Los hermosos días. Emecé, 1946, 1998.
  • Sexto. Emecé, 1953, 1999.
  • Los traidores (together with Silvina Ocampo). Losada, 1956.
  • Il caos. Bompiani, 1960.
  • Fatti inquietanti. Adelphi, 1961, 1992.
  • Luoghi comuni. Il Saggiatore, 1961.
  • Teatro in prosa e versi. Bompiani, 1962.
  • Poetry spagnole. Guanda, 1963.
  • La parola morte. Einaudi, 1968. (poetry)
  • Lo stereoscopio dei solitari. Adelphi, 1972 (German: The stereoscope of the loners , Beck & Glückler Verlag, Freiburg, 1995, ISBN 3-89470-404-7 )
  • La sinagoga degli iconoclasti. Adelphi, 1972.
  • Il tempio etrusco. Rizzoli, 1973.
  • I due allegri indiani. Adelphi, 1973, 2011.
  • Italian songbook 34 poesie d'amore. Rizzoli, 1974.
  • Parsifal. Adelphi, 1974.
  • L'entegere. Rizzoli, 1975.
  • Mrs. Teleprocu (together with Francesco Fantasia). Adelphi, 1976.
  • Le stéréoscope des solitaires. Gallimard, Paris, 1976.
  • La synagogue des iconoclastes. Gallimard, Paris, 1977.

Posthumous publications

  • Il libro dei mostri. Adelphi, 1978 (German: Das Buch der Monster , Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1981, ISBN 3-518-01712-8 )
  • Poetry (Tutte le poesie in italiano). Adelphi, 1980, 1993, 1996.
  • Poemas. Fundarte, Caracas, 1980.
  • La sinagoga de los iconoclastas. Anagrama, Barcelona, ​​1981.
  • L'abominevole donna delle nevi e altre commedie. Adelphi, 1982.
  • Le chaos. Gallimard, Paris, 1982.
  • Le temple étrusque. Gallimard, Paris, 1985.
  • Le nozze di Hitler e Maria Antonietta nell'inferno (together with Francesco Fantasia). Lucarini, 1985.
  • Les jours heureux. Orphèe / La difference / Unesco, Paris, 1994.
  • El ingeniero. Losada, Buenos Aires, 1997.
  • El estereoscopio de los solitarios. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1997.
  • Hechos inquietantes. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1997.
  • Los dos indios alegres. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1997.
  • El templo etrusco. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1999.
  • El libro de los monstruos. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1999.
  • El caos. Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 1999.
  • The Temple of Iconoclasts. Mercury House, San Francisco, 2000. (English translation by Lawrence Venuti )
  • La boda de Hitler y María Antonieta en el infierno. Emecé, 2003.
  • Il reato di scrivere. Adelphi, 2010.

Introduction literature

  • Ph.D. Carina Gonzalez: Wandering virtues. Chaos and Eccentricity in Juan Rodolfo Wilcock , 2007, dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park [1]
  • Roberto Bolaño : Exile in No Man's Land, Berenberg Verlag, Berlin, 2008, p. 75

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ El país de Juan Rodolfo Wilcock . In: La Nación , June 29, 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  2. ↑ Note biografiche . In: "JR Wilcock" . Official website. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  3. ↑ Note biografiche . In: "JR Wilcock" . Official website. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  4. ↑ Note biografiche . In: "JR Wilcock" . Official website. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  5. ^ J. Rodolfo Wilcock: The stereoscope of loners. Beck & Glückler Verlag, Freiburg 1995, ISBN 3-89470-404-7 , blurb.
  6. ↑ Note biografiche . In: "JR Wilcock" . Official website. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  7. ^ J. Rodolfo Wilcock: The Book of Monsters. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1981, ISBN 3-518-01712-8 , blurb.

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personal data
SURNAME Wilcock, J. Rodolfo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilcock, Juan Rodolfo; Wilcock, JR; Wilcock, Rodolfo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine writer, poet, literary critic, translator and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1978
Place of death Lubriano , Viterbo , Italy