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Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) is an Argentinian writer, famous for being one of the founders of the Latin American Boom. Actually, though he was from Argentina, he spent most of his time outside the country, first because his family lived in Europe (he was born in a Belgium embassy during the [[World War I|German occupation]]) and later in a self-imposed exile in France because of his dislike of the Peron’s administration. He became a supporter of leftism (including the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua) and critic of the human right violations in Latin America. He died in 1984 of leukemia.
'''Julio Cortázar''' (1914-1984) is an Argentinian writer, famous for being one of the founders of the Latin American Boom. Actually, though he was from Argentina, he spent most of his time outside the country, first because his family lived in Europe (he was born in a Belgium embassy during the [[World War I|German occupation]]) and later in a self-imposed exile in France because of his dislike of the Peron’s administration. He became a supporter of leftism (including the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua) and critic of the human right violations in Latin America. He died in 1984 of leukemia.


His work is amply revered by the Latin American critics and writers, full of [[Mind Screw|Mind Screws]] around every corner, modernism worthy of [[James Joyce]], wordplay, tracts of stream of consciousness everywhere and bend or just break any convention of literature itself. Some of his most famous works are ''Rayuela'' (''[[Hopscotch]]'', 1963), ''62, modelo para armar'' (''62: A Model Kit'', 1968), ''Bestiario'' (1951) and ''Final del Juego'' (1956).
His work is amply revered by the Latin American critics and writers, full of [[Mind Screw|Mind Screws]] around every corner, modernism worthy of [[James Joyce]], wordplay, tracts of stream of consciousness everywhere and bend or just break any convention of literature itself. Some of his most famous works are ''Rayuela'' (''[[Hopscotch]]'', 1963), ''62, modelo para armar'' (''62: A Model Kit'', 1968), ''Bestiario'' (1951) and ''Final del Juego'' (1956).


Some of his writings (particularly his short stories) have influenced movies, like ''Weekend'' of Jean-Luc Godard or ''[[Blow Up]]'' of Michelangelo Antonioni.
Some of his writings (particularly his short stories) have influenced movies, like ''Weekend'' of Jean-Luc Godard or ''[[Blowup]]'' of Michelangelo Antonioni.


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=== Tropes about him and his work<ref>except ''[[Hopscotch]]'', which has its own page</ref>: ===
''[[Hopscotch]]'' has its own page.


* [[All Just a Dream]]: Played with in {{spoiler|"The Night Face Up".}}
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Played with in {{spoiler|"The Night Face Up".}}
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* [[Pun-Based Title]]: ''Around the Day in Eighty Worlds'', ''A Manual for Manuel'', etc. They work better on Spanish, obviously.
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: ''Around the Day in Eighty Worlds'', ''A Manual for Manuel'', etc. They work better on Spanish, obviously.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Cortázar himself.
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Cortázar himself.
* [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]: Mercilessly used in "The Night Face Up".
* [[Schrödinger's Butterfly]]: Mercilessly used in "The Night Face Up".
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Cortázar always had a cigarette at hand.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Cortázar always had a cigarette at hand.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''62: A Model Kit'' was born as an extension of an idea Cortázar had when writing the chapter 62 of ''[[Hopscotch]]'' (hence the title).
* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''62: A Model Kit'' was born as an extension of an idea Cortázar had when writing the chapter 62 of ''[[Hopscotch]]'' (hence the title).
* [[Stream of Consciousness]]
* [[Stream of Consciousness]]
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Cortázar in 1968

Julio Cortázar (1914-1984) is an Argentinian writer, famous for being one of the founders of the Latin American Boom. Actually, though he was from Argentina, he spent most of his time outside the country, first because his family lived in Europe (he was born in a Belgium embassy during the German occupation) and later in a self-imposed exile in France because of his dislike of the Peron’s administration. He became a supporter of leftism (including the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua) and critic of the human right violations in Latin America. He died in 1984 of leukemia.

His work is amply revered by the Latin American critics and writers, full of Mind Screws around every corner, modernism worthy of James Joyce, wordplay, tracts of stream of consciousness everywhere and bend or just break any convention of literature itself. Some of his most famous works are Rayuela (Hopscotch, 1963), 62, modelo para armar (62: A Model Kit, 1968), Bestiario (1951) and Final del Juego (1956).

Some of his writings (particularly his short stories) have influenced movies, like Weekend of Jean-Luc Godard or Blowup of Michelangelo Antonioni.

Julio Cortázar provides examples of the following tropes:

Hopscotch has its own page.

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