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Julio Cortázar


Born
in Brussels, Belgium
August 26, 1914

Died
February 12, 1984

Genre

Influences


Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar Descotte, was an Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina, and most of his best-known work was written in France, where he established himself in 1951.

Average rating: 4.17 · 223,155 ratings · 17,914 reviews · 729 distinct worksSimilar authors
Hopscotch

4.19 avg rating — 50,429 ratings — published 1963 — 322 editions
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Bestiario

4.18 avg rating — 25,136 ratings — published 1951 — 107 editions
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Cronopios and Famas

4.22 avg rating — 21,627 ratings — published 1962 — 141 editions
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Todos los fuegos el fuego

4.29 avg rating — 13,849 ratings — published 1966 — 105 editions
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Final del juego

4.30 avg rating — 9,152 ratings — published 1956 — 75 editions
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Blow-Up and Other Stories

4.20 avg rating — 8,059 ratings — published 1968 — 35 editions
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Cuentos completos 1

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4.59 avg rating — 5,896 ratings — published 1996 — 39 editions
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Las armas secretas

4.19 avg rating — 5,605 ratings — published 1959 — 79 editions
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El perseguidor

4.16 avg rating — 4,759 ratings — published 1958 — 54 editions
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La autopista del sur y otro...

4.43 avg rating — 3,837 ratings — published 1966 — 16 editions
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Los relatos, 1: Ritos Los relatos, 2: Juegos Los relatos, 3:Pasajes Los relatos 4: Ahí y ahora
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Cartas 1937-1954. Tomo 1 Cartas 1955-1964. Tomo 2 Cartas 1965-1968. Tomo 3 Cartas 1969-1976. Tomo 4 Cartas 1977-1984. Tomo 5
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4.37 avg rating — 147 ratings

Obra crítica, tomo 1 Obra Crítica 2 Obra Critica 3
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3.88 avg rating — 72 ratings

Cartas : 1937-1963 Cartas : 1969-1983 Cartas : 1964-1968
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“Come sleep with me: We won't make Love, Love will make us.”
Julio Cortázar

“Andábamos sin buscarnos, pero sabiendo que andábamos para encontrarnos”
Julio Cortazar, Rayuela

“Lo que mucha gente llama amar consiste en elegir una mujer y casarse con ella. La eligen, te lo juro, los he visto. Como si se pudiera elegir en el amor, como si no fuera un rayo que te parte los huesos y te deja estaqueado en la mitad del patio. Vos dirás que la eligen porque-la-aman, yo creo que es al vesre. A Beatriz no se la elige, a Julieta no se la elige. Vos no elegís la lluvia que te va a calar hasta los huesos cuando salís de un concierto.”
Julio Cortázar, Rayuela

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January 2021 Monthly Read Poll #2: Latin American authors

Red Dust by Yoss, translated by David Frye
 
  7 votes, 28.0%

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  7 votes, 28.0%

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  4 votes, 16.0%

 
  4 votes, 16.0%

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell & Ruth Sepp
 
  3 votes, 12.0%

 
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