- Álvaro Mutis
Infobox Writer
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name = Álvaro Mutis
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occupation = Poet and novelist
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genre = Fiction
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website =Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo (born
august 25 ,1923 ) is aColombia n poet, novelist, and essayist. [citebook|title=The Cambridge History of Latin America |author= Leslie Bethell|year=1984|publisher=Cambridge University Press|id=ISBN 0521495946 |url=http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0521495946&id=3NiCQFfSGIkC&pg=PA207&lpg=PA207&dq=%22Alvaro+Mutis%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=BhsBtdpAFXKhYpOL-9kutvESamk] Before returning to Colombia in his adolescence, he lived inBrussels , where his father held a post as a diplomat. He has lived inMexico City since 1956.Though critically acclaimed worldwide and translated into many languages, his works are most widely read in Latin America and Europe. Mutis is best known for his novellas featuring Maqroll el Gaviero (Maqroll the Lookout), a wandering sailor and adventurer. These have been gathered into a compendium, "
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll " (ISBN 0940322919, translated into English byEdith Grossman ). Typical praise by Mutis' contemporaries includes: "An amazing adventure full of poetry, a narrative craft and a subtle philosophical content make of the Maqroll saga a major work of the literature written in Spanish." [Ruy Sánchez, Alberto . 'Álvaro Mutis y sus rituales góticos de Tierra Caliente' in Cuatro escritores rituales. Conaculta, 2000. ISBN 970-18-7269-X]His poetry was first published in 1948, his first short stories in 1978, but it was his first novel featuring Maqroll, "La nieve del Almirante" "(
The Snow of the Admiral )", published in 1986, that first gained him popular and critical acclaim. He has received many literary awards, including thePrix Médicis (France, 1989), Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras (Spain, 1997), Premio Miguel de Cervantes (Spain, 2001), and the Neustadt Prize for Literature (United States, 2002).Mutis has combined his career as a writer of poetry and prose with a diverse set of non-literary occupations. Like his protagonist Maqroll, Mutis traveled widely in his professional roles including five years as
Standard Oil 's public relations director, and over 20 years as sales manager forTwentieth Century Fox andColumbia Pictures in their Latin American television divisions. Latin Americans first became familiar with his voice when he did the narration for the Spanish-language television version of "The Untouchables".Mutis is a contemporary of other notable Latin American writers such as
Gabriel García Márquez and the lateOctavio Paz , who championed Mutis' early poetry. In the 1950s, Mutis spent 15 months in a Mexican prison as a consequence of his handling of money intended for charitable use by Standard Oil. His experience in prison had a lasting influence on his life and work, and is chronicled in the book "Diario de Lecumberri ".Further reading
English:
*"Modern Spanish American poets" (Dictionary of literary biography) / María Antonia Salgado., 2003
*"Latin American writers", Supplement I / Carlos A Solé, 2002
*"Studies in honor of Myron Lichtblau" / Fernando Burgos, 2000Spanish:
*Consuelo Hernández . " _es. ÁLVARO MUTIS: UNA ESTÉTICA DEL DETERIORO". Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores, 1997*
Consuelo Hernández . " _es. Razón del extraviado: Mutis entre dos mundos." " _es. Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos." No. 523. Madrid.*
Consuelo Hernández . " _es. Los amores de Maqroll en el anverso social." _es. Álvaro Mutis. Ediciones de Cultura Hispánica. " _es. Semana del Autor". Madrid: Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, 1993. p. 67-78.*
Consuelo Hernández . " _es. Propuesta y respuesta de Maqroll." " _es. Folios". No.24. Caracas: Monte Ávila Editores Latinoamericana. p. 35-39.*
Consuelo Hernández . " _es. Del poema narrativo a la novela poética." _es. Tradición y actualidad de la literatura iberoamericana. P. Bacarisse. Editor. " _es. Actas del XXX Congreso del Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana. Tomo I." University of Pittsburgh. p. 101-115.*
Diego Valverde Villena . " _es. Hechos de armas bajo la bandera de Álvaro Mutis", " _es. Letras Libres", 10, julio 2002, pp. 46-48.*
Diego Valverde Villena . " _es. Mujeres de mirada fija y lento paso": el eterno femenino en la obra de Álvaro Mutis", " _es. Excelsior" (Mexico), June 7th, 2002.*
Diego Valverde Villena . " _es. A los que van por mar: anotaciones al pliego de historia de Maqroll el Gaviero", " _es. Nueva Revista", 80, 2002, pp. 124-128.*
Diego Valverde Villena . " _es. Don Álvaro ante el rey, tantos años después", " _es. Clarín", 32, 2001, pp. 3-8.* _es. Lecturas convergentes / J G Cobo Borda., 2006
* _es. Mirada anacrónica y resistencia : la obra de Alvaro Mutis / María del Carmen Porras., 2006
* _es. Ser filosófico y ser poético en la obra de Alvaro Mutis / Gabriel Mantilla Chaparro., 2004
* _es. Las huellas de lo trascendental : la obra de Alvaro Mutis / William L Siemens., 2002
* _es. La valoración nihilista del mundo en Álvaro Mutis / Clímaco Pérez Camargo., 2002
* _es. Mujer, erotismo, mito, utopía y héroe contemporáneo en Alvaro Mutis / Gina Ponce de León., 2002
* _es. Caminos y encuentros de Maqroll el Gaviero : escritos de y sobre Alvaro Mutis / Javier Ruiz-Portella., 2001
* _es. Celebraciones y otros fantasmas : una biografía intelectual de Alvaro Mutis / Eduardo García Aguilar., 2000
* _es. Las cifras del azar : una lectura psicoanalítica de la obra de Alvaro Mutis / Belén del Rocío Moreno., 1998
* _es. Alvaro Mutis : la nueva geografía de la novela / Dora Cajías., 1997
* _es. De MUTIS a Mutis : para una ilícita lectura crítica de Maqroll El Gaviero / Fabio Rodríguez Amaya., 1995
* _es. El reino que estaba para mí : conversaciones con Alvaro Mutis / Fernando Quiroz., 1993
* _es. Alvaro Mutis / Pedro Shimose., 1993
* _es. Alvaro Mutis / J G Cobo Borda., 1989
* _es. Tras las rutas de Maqroll el Gaviero : 1981-1988 / Santiago Mutis Durán., 1988References
External links
* [http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/mutis/home.htm Official Page]
* [http://www.bombsite.com/mutis/mutis.html BOMB Magazine: Álvaro Mutis] Interview byFrancisco Goldman
* [https://www.bu.edu/agni/poetry/print/2002/56-mutis.html English translation of the poem "Tequila" from "AGNI"] ;Video
* [http://www.documen.tv/asset/Alvaro_Mutis.html Documentary 52': Álvaro Mutis]
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