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Julio Ramón Ribeyro

Born

in Lima , Peru

August 31, 1929

Died

December 04, 1994

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

Honoré de Balzac, Stendhal, Gustave Flaubert, Anton Chekhov, Guy de Ma ...more

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Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awarded the Premio Juan Rulfo de literatura latinoamericana y del Caribe. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including English.

The characters in his stories, often autobiographical and usually written in simple but ironic language, tend to end up with their hopes cruelly dashed. But despite its apparent pessimism, Ribeyro's work is often comic, its humor springing from both the author's sense of irony and the accidents that befall his protagonists. The collective work of his short stories is published under the title La palabr ...more

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Julio Ramón Ribeyro’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 7,907 ratings · 942 reviews · 104 distinct works • Similar authors

	La palabra del mudo 4.36 avg rating — 1,147 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prosas apátridas 4.21 avg rating — 982 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La palabra del mudo: Cuentos 1952-1972 4.50 avg rating — 708 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los gallinazos sin plumas 4.22 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sólo para fumadores 4.27 avg rating — 384 ratings — published 1987 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
$La tentación del fracaso$	La tentación del fracaso 4.60 avg rating — 309 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Invitación al viaje y otros cuentos inéditos 3.90 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crónica de San Gabriel 3.75 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silvio en El Rosedal 4.35 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los geniecillos dominicales 3.78 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 1965 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Julio Ramón Ribeyro

La palabra del mudo (4 books)
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4.43 avg rating — 2,159 ratings

$La tentación del fracaso I ...$ $La tentación del fracaso II...$ $La tentación del fracaso II...$

La tentación del fracaso (3 books)
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4.60 avg rating — 312 ratings

Cartas a Juan Antonio (2 books)
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3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings

Quotes by Julio Ramón Ribeyro (?)

“No concibo mi vida más que como un encadenamiento de muertes sucesivas. Arrastro tras de mí los cadáveres de todas mis ilusiones, de todas mis vocaciones perdidas.”
― Julio Ramón Ribeyro

tags: life, muerte, peru, spanish, vida

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“...we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.”
― Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Marginal Voices: Selected Stories

tags: hand

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“Oh, life, life!" Bastidas complained, sipping his drink. "What is life? A little flame at the tip of a candle, exposed to a strong wind.”
― Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Marginal Voices: Selected Stories

tags: life-philosophy

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