Onetti left his native country (and his much-loved city of Montevideo) after being imprisoned for 6 months in Colonia Etchepare, a mental institution. A long list of world-famous writers -including Gabriel García Márquez , Mario Vargas Llosa and Mario Benedetti – signed open letters addressed to the military government of Uruguay.

Juan Carlos Onetti was an Uruguayan novelist and short-story writer whose existential works chronicle the decay of modern urban life. The protagonists of his novels lead unhappy, isolated lives in an absurd and sordid world from which they can escape only through memories, fantasies, or …

Juan Carlos Onetti Borges (Montevideo, 1 de julio de 1909-Madrid, 30 de mayo de 1994) fue un escritor uruguayo, considerado uno de los narradores más importantes de su país y de la literatura hispanoamericana.

Dec 20, 2019 · Jonathan Blitzer reviews the tender stories of Juan Carlos Onetti, whose “A Dream Come True,” the first major English translation of his collected stories, brings the author’s talents into ...

publishing fiction expressing his social and political concerns. As his fame as an author grew, Onetti was awarded a number of literary prizes, including the Iberian-American Award from the William Faulkner Foundation in 1963. Exile Onetti lived during politically unstable times in his native country. Economic hardship throughout the mid ...

Juan Carlos Onetti (Montevideo, 1908 - Madrid, 1994) Escritor uruguayo, destacada figura del «Boom» de la literatura hispanoamericana de los años 60.

Juan Carlos Onetti Borges (1909-1994) was a Uruguayan-born writer who produced stories of an existential, hopeless and very personal nature. The writer created a fictional world that he used in his works, inspired by Wiliam Faulkner, an author who used to produce stories with this quality.

Juan Carlos Onetti (July 1, 1909 – May 30, 1994) was a renowned Uruguayan novelist and short-story writer. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Onetti’s existential...

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Juan Carlos Onetti es un maestro del lenguaje y la psicología humana —sin apelar a la psicología ortodoxa—, cuyas obras exploran la complejidad y el desencanto de la vida urbana. «El pozo» (1939) – La primera novela de Onetti, donde explora la soledad y el desasosiego.