José Agustín
José Agustín | |
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| Born | 19 August 1944  |
| Died | 16 January 2024 (aged 79) Cuautla (Mexico) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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José Agustín Ramírez Gómez (born August 19, 1944 in Acapulco) is a Mexican novelist.[1]
Career
Agustin's first novel, La Tumba (The Tomb), was the brief but provocative story of a Mexican upperclass teen, deemed indecent by the public but gathering praise from older writers. This and his most famous work, De Perfil (Profile view), a fast and detailed view of three days in the main character's life, show stylistic similarities to James Joyce's work, especially A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
He was considered a member of the so-called Onda literature, onda (wave) being slang for current and fashionable views in the eyes of young people.
A common technique in his work is mixing character's speech with narrative, without making any kind of distinction (free indirect discourse). Thus the reader finds a long dialogue written in a single sentence, and is expected to realize which character is speaking as he reads the words. He also makes use of the stream of consciousness technique.[2]
Awards
- 1977 Guggenheim Fellowship[3]
- 1993 Premio Nacional de Literatura Juan Ruiz de Alarcón
- 2011 Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes
Bibliography
Novels
- La Tumba (1964)
- De Perfil (1966)
- Abolición de la propiedad (1969)
- Se está haciendo tarde (1973)
- El rey se acerca a su templo (1978)
- Ciudades Desiertas (1982)
- Cerca del fuego (1986)
- La panza del Tepozteco (1992)
- Dos horas de sol (1994)
- Vida con mi viuda (2004)
- Armablanca (2006)
Short Stories
- Inventando que sueño (1968)
- La mirada en el centro (1977)
- No hay censura (1988)
- No pases esta puerta (1992)
- La miel derramada (1992)
Plays
- Círculo vicioso (1974)
Essays
- La nueva música clásica (1968)
- Literature and censorship in Latin America Today: Dream within a dream (1978)
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1940 a 1970. Tomo 1 (1990)
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1970 a 1982. Tomo 2 (1992)
- Tragicomedia Mexicana: La vida en Mexico de 1982 a 1994. Tomo 3 (2007)
- Camas de campo, campos de batalla (1994)
- La Contracultura en Mexico (1996)
- El hotel de los corazones solitarios (1996)
- Los grandes discos de rock 1951-1975 (1996)
Chronicles
- Contra la corriente (1991)
Autobiography
- Quién soy, dónde estoy, qué me dieron (1966)
- El rock de la cárcel (1986)
- Diario de brigadista: Cuba 1961 (2011)
Filmography
- 5 de chocolate y 1 de fresa (1968)
- Luz externa (1974)
- El año de la peste (1979)
In popular culture
The Mexican band Belafonte Sensacional wrote the song "Epic Aris" inspired by the literary works of José Agustín and Parménides García Saldaña, another writer that was considered a member of La Onda literature.
See also
References
- ^ "José Agustín | Mexican author".
- ^ "Literatura en español: José Agustín". Archived from the original on 2010-07-15.
- ^ "José Agustín Ramírez Gómez - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-11.