José Donoso

José Donoso was a Chilean writer. He was born in Santiago, Chile in 1924, and died there in December 1996. Donoso lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent some years in self-chosen exile in Mexico, the United States (Iowa) and Spain. After 1973, he claimed his exile was a form of protest against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

Donoso is the author of a number of remarkable stories and novels, which contributed greatly to the Latin American literary boom and the foundation of the literary movement knows as Magical Realism. His best known works include the novels Coronación, El lugar sin límites (The Place Without Limits) and El obsceno pájaro de la noche (The Obscene Bird of Night). His works deal with a number of themes, including sexuality and psychology, and are often darkly humorous. He is also considered an innovative stylist.

Further Reading

English

• The self in the narratives of José Donoso : Chile, 1924-1996 / Mary Lusky Friedman., 2004
• The veracity of disguise in selected works of José Donoso : illusory deception / Brent J Carbajal., 2000
• José Donoso's house of fiction : a dramatic construction of time and place / Flora María González Mandri., 1995
• Understanding José Donoso / Sharon Magnarelli., 1993
• Studies on the works of José Donoso : an anthology of critical essays / Miriam Adelstein., 1990
• José Donoso, the "boom" and beyond / Philip Swanson., 1988
• The creative process in the works of José Donoso / Guillermo I Castillo-Feliú., 1982
• José Donoso (Twayne's World Authors Series) / George R McMurray., 1979

Spanish

• Racionalidad e imaginación : transposiciones del cuerpo y de la mente en los cuentos de José Donoso / Sergio Véliz., 2001
• Las últimas obras de José Donoso : juegos, roles y rituales en la subversión del poder / Michael Colvin., 2001
• Donoso sin límites / Carlos Cerda., 1997
• José Donoso, escritura y subversión del significado / Laura A Chesak., 1997
• José Donoso : desde el texto al metatexto / Enrique Luengo., 1992
• El simbolismo en la obra de José Donoso / Augusto C Sarrochi., 1992
• José Donoso, impostura e impostación / Ricardo Gutiérrez Mouat., 1983
• José Donoso : incursiones en su producción novelesca / Myrna Solotorevsky., 1983
• Ideología y estructuras narrativas en José Donoso, 1950-1970 / Hugo Achugar., 1979
• José Donoso : una insurrección contra la realidad / Isis Quinteros., 1978
• José Donoso : la destrucción de un mundo / José Promis Ojeda., 1975