2016年12月30日 星期五

Antonio Di Benedetto 1922-86: A Great Writer We Should Know

J.M. Coetzee on the life and work of Antonio Di Benedetto
In a brief testament penned shortly before his death, Antonio Di Benedetto affirmed that his books were written for future generations. How prophetic this modest boast will be, only time will tell.
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Antonio di Benedetto was an Argentine journalist and writer. Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1922, Mendoza, Argentina
Died: October 10, 1986, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Movies: Aballay, the Man Without Fear


Publishing career[edit]

Di Benedetto began writing and publishing stories in his teens, inspired by the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky and Luigi PirandelloMundo Animal, appearing in 1952, was his first story collection and won prestigious awards. A revised version came out in 1971, but the Xenos Books translation uses the first edition to catch the youthful flavor.
Antonio di Benedetto wrote five novels, the most famous being the existential masterpiece Zama (1956). El Silenciero (The Silencer, 1964) is noteworthy for expressing his intense abhorrence of noise. Critics have compared his works to Alain Robbe-GrilletJulio Cortázar and Ernesto Sábato.
In 1976, during the military dictatorship of General Videla, di Benedetto was imprisoned and tortured. Released a year later, he went into exile in Spain, then returned home in 1984. He travelled widely and won numerous awards, but never acquired the worldwide fame of other Latin American writers, perhaps because his work was not translated to many languages.

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