Ernesto Sabato

Born

in Rojas, Argentina

June 24, 1911

Died

April 30, 2011

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Existentialism

Influences

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, Lev Tolstoi, Rober ...more

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Ernesto Sabato nació en Rojas, provincia de Buenos Aires, en 1911, hizo su doctorado en física y cursos de filosofía en la Universidad de La Plata, trabajó en radiaciones atómicas en el Laboratorio Curie, en Francia, y abandonó definitivamente la ciencia en 1945 para dedicarse exclusivamente a la literatura. Ha escrito varios libros de ensayo sobre el hombre en la crisis de nuestro tiempo y sobre el sentido de la actividad literaria —así, El escritor y sus fantasmas, Apologías y rechazos, Uno y el Universo y La resistencia—, su autobiografía, Antes del fin, y tres novelas: El túnel, Sobre héroes y tumbas y Abaddón, el exterminador. Escritores tan dispares como Camus, Greene y Thomas Mann, como Quasimodo y Piovene, como Gombrowicz y Nadeau h Ernesto Sabato nació en Rojas, provincia de Buenos Aires, en 1911, hizo su doctorado en física y cursos de filosofía en la Universidad de La Plata, trabajó en radiaciones atómicas en el Laboratorio Curie, en Francia, y abandonó definitivamente la ciencia en 1945 para dedicarse exclusivamente a la literatura. Ha escrito varios libros de ensayo sobre el hombre en la crisis de nuestro tiempo y sobre el sentido de la actividad literaria —así, El escritor y sus fantasmas, Apologías y rechazos, Uno y el Universo y La resistencia—, su autobiografía, Antes del fin, y tres novelas: El túnel, Sobre héroes y tumbas y Abaddón, el exterminador. Escritores tan dispares como Camus, Greene y Thomas Mann, como Quasimodo y Piovene, como Gombrowicz y Nadeau han escrito con admiración sobre su obra, que ha obtenido el Premio Cervantes, el Premio Menéndez Pelayo, el Premio Jerusalén y la Medalla de Oro del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid.

Ernesto Sabato was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America". Upon his death El País dubbed him the "last classic writer in Argentine literature".

Sabato was born in Rojas, a small town in Buenos Aires Province. Sabato began his studies at the Colegio Nacional de La Plata. He then studied physics at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, where he earned a Ph.D. He then attended the Sorbonne in Paris and worked at the Curie Institute. After World War II, he lost faith in science and started writing.

Sabato's oeuvre includes three novels: El Túnel (1948), Sobre héroes y tumbas (1961) and Abaddón el exterminador (1974). The first of these received critical acclaim upon its publication from, among others, fellow writers Albert Camus and Thomas Mann. The second is regarded as his masterpiece, though he nearly burnt it like many of his other works. Sabato's essays cover topics as diverse as metaphysics, politics and tango. His writings led him to receive many international prizes, including the Legion of Honour (France), the Prix Médicis (Italy) and the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Spain). ...more

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	El túnel 4.05 avg rating — 45,568 ratings — published 1948 — 202 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
	Sobre héroes y tumbas 4.27 avg rating — 8,950 ratings — published 1961 — 116 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 resistencia 3.88 avg rating — 2,189 ratings — published 2000 — 33 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
	Antes del fin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,893 ratings — published 1998 — 37 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
	Abaddón el Exterminador 4.07 avg rating — 1,418 ratings — published 1974 — 58 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
	Informe sobre ciegos 4.30 avg rating — 537 ratings — published 1961 — 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
	Uno y el Universo 3.88 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1938 — 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
	El escritor y sus fantasmas 3.84 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 1963 — 18 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
	Cuentos que me apasionaron 3.96 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1999 — 5 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
	Hombres y engranajes / Heterodoxia 3.82 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1973 — 3 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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“La frase 'todo tiempo pasado fue mejor' no indica que antes sucedieran menos cosas malas, sino que -felizmente- la gente las echa en el olvido. ”
― Ernesto Sábato, El túnel

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“A veces creo que nada tiene sentido. En un planeta minúsculo, que corre hacia la nada desde millones de años, nacemos en medio de dolores, crecemos, luchamos, nos enfermamos, sufrimos, hacemos sufrir, gritamos, morimos, mueren y otros están naciendo para volver a empezar la comedia inútil.”
― Ernesto Sábato, El túnel

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“Mi cabeza es un laberinto oscuro. A veces hay como relámpagos que iluminan algunos corredores. Nunca termino de saber por qué hago ciertas cosas.”
― Ernesto Sabato, El túnel

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