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Bookmark or Share- Horacio Quiroga, the Biography of the Great Uruguayan WriterHoracio Quiroga, the Biography of the Great Uruguayan Writer. 5 minutes. Uruguayan writer Horacio Quiroga penned short stories inspired by the jungle before committing suicide in 1937. He's considered one of the greatest Latin American storytellers of all time. Read on to learn more!
- Horacio Quiroga, the Edgar Allan Poe of Latin America| October 28, 2022. Credit: Lorin Granger/HLS Staff Photographer. What made Horacio Quiroga, also known as the father of the Latin American short story, enthralling was how he infused his work with the profound suffering he endured in life. Quiroga, a writer, poet, and playwright, was born in Salto, Uruguay, in 1877.
- Horacio Quiroga | Biography, Books, & Facts | BritannicaHoracio Quiroga (born December 31, 1878, Salto, Uruguay—died February 19, 1937, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Uruguayan-born short-story writer whose imaginative portrayal of the struggle of humans and animals to survive in the tropical jungle earned him recognition as a master of the short story.
- Quiroga, Horacio (1878–1937) | Encyclopedia.comHoracio Quiroga ( b. 31 December 1878; d. 19 February 1937), Uruguayan writer and one of Spanish America's greatest narrators. Quiroga was born in Salto; his father died in a hunting accident when he was three months old. Quiroga's life had more than its share of violent personal tragedies—his stepfather and one of his two wives committed ...
- The Dead Man (El Hombre Muerto) by Horacio Quiroga, 1926Quiroga uses this medium to depict human beings in extreme situations. The struggle between humans and nature is a constant theme of the short story, and Quiroga's characters are engaged in a perpetual struggle with their environment. Occasionally they are successful ("The Incense Tree Roof," 1922); more often they are defeated ("The Son," 1935).
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