Horacio Quiroga

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born

December 31, 1878 in Salto, Uruguay

died

February 01, 1937

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was an Uruguayan playwright, poet, and (above all) short story writer.

He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He also excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states. His influence can be seen in the Latin American magic realism of Gabriel García Márquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortázar.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 2,112 ratings · 109 reviews · 81 distinct works

	Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte 4.08 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 1917 — 41 editions	My rating:
	Cuentos de la Selva 3.87 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1905 — 31 editions	My rating:
	The Decapitated Chicken and Other Stories by Horacio Quiroga, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Ed Lindlof (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions	My rating:
	El almohadón de plumas y otros cuentos 4.20 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cuentos 4.17 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Anaconda y Otros Cuentos de La Selva by Horacio Quiroga, Angel Dominguez (Illustrator), Delmiro Antas 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2003	My rating:
	A la Deriva by Horacio Quiroga, LOSADA S.A. (Editor) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Los Desterrados 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions	My rating:
	El Hombre Muerto (Coleccion Cara Y Cruz) 4.08 avg rating — 12 ratings	My rating:
	Cuentos De La Selva Cuentos De Amor De Locura Y De Muerte 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2007	My rating:

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Quotes by Horacio Quiroga

“Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.”
― Horacio Quiroga

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“Nada hay más bello y que fortalezca más en la vida, que un puro recuerdo”
― Horacio Quiroga, Cuentos de Amor de Locura y de Muerte

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