Alfredo Bryce

Alfredo Bryce Echenique ( born February 19, 1939 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian writer, literary scholar and jurist.

Life

Alfredo Bryce Echenique was born on 19 February 1939 in Lima, the son of a wealthy Peruvian- English family. His parents were Elena Echenique Basombrío and Francisco Bryce Arróspide. His father was a banker and his great-grandfather, José Rufino Echenique Benavente, 1851 President of Peru.

In 1957 he began his studies in law and literature at the National University of San Marcos in Lima. His title as a lawyer, he obtained in 1963. Following year he completed his academic studies in the literature with a thesis on Ernest Hemingway from.

In the same year he received a scholarship from the French government, which led him to Paris, where he besides diplomas in classical and modern French literature also began a doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne. In addition to teaching at various schools and universities in France, including Nanterre, Montpellier and Vincennes he also taught outside France, including at the universities of Yale, Austin, and Puerto Rico.

In 1984 he moved to Madrid, where he worked as a freelance writer. Like some of his protagonists lived Bryce Echenique long time away from his home. In 1999 he returned to Lima.

His very first novel, "Un mundo para Julius " (1970) (German title "A World for Julius ", 2000 ) was an overwhelming success. The novel was translated into numerous languages ​​and is one of the classics of Latin American literature.

Bryce Echenique has since published more than twenty books. Including novels, short stories, autobiographical and article collections. In the Spanish-speaking world, he is one of the most famous and respected Latin American authors.

Awards

For his work " La amigdalitis de Tarzan" (German title "Kiss me, you fool " ) he received the prestigious Italian literary prize Premio Grinzane Cavour 2002. In the same year he was for "" El huerto de mi amada "with the Planeta Prize, the highest prize Literature Prize of the Spanish-speaking world, excellent.

Works

  • Huerto cerrado (stories, 1968)
  • Un mundo para Julius (novel, 1970) dt A World for Julius (2002), ISBN 3-518-41320-1
  • La felicidad yes yes (stories, 1974)
  • A vuelo de buen cubero ( Travelogues et al, 1977)
  • Tantas Vece Pedro (novel, 1977)
  • La vida de Martín exagerada Romaña (novel, 1981)
  • El hombre que habla de Cádiz Octavia (Roman, 1984)
  • Magdalena peruana y otros cuentos (stories, 1986)
  • Crónicas personales: edición de aumentada A vuelo de buen cubero (1987 )
  • Goig (in collaboration me the Salvadoran writer Ana María Dueñas, 1987)
  • La última Mudanza de Felipe Carrillo (novel, 1988)
  • Dos señoras conversan (three stories, 1990), it appeared A frog in the desert (2003), ISBN 3-518-22361-5
  • Permiso para vivir ( " Antimemorias " I, 1993)
  • No me esperen en abril (novel, 1995)
  • A trancas y barrancas (1996 )
  • Reo de nocturnidad (novel, 1997)
  • Guía triste de París (stories, 1999)
  • La amigdalitis de Tarzán (novel, 1999) German Kiss me, you idiot (2000), ISBN 3-518-41180-2
  • Crónicas perdidas (2001)
  • El huerto de mi amada (novel, 2002)
  • Doce cartas a dos amigos (2003)
  • Permiso para sentir ( " Antimemorias " II, 2005)
  • Entre la soledad y el amor (2005)
  • Las obras de infamous Pancho Marambio (novel, 2007)

Documents

University of Texas at Austin Grinzane Cavour Prize Ibero-American Institute Integrated Authority File
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