Julio Escoto

Julio Escoto (* 1944 in Honduras ) is a Honduran writer. He lives in San Pedro Sula / Honduras.

Julio Escoto writes novels, short stories, novels and essays, and is considered to be currently the most successful storyteller in Honduras. Before the Communist persecution of the 80s, he fled to Costa Rica. He has published several historical novels, among others, to life of the Honduran national hero Francisco Morazan.

In the novel Rey del Arbol Madrugada he takes a critical look at the machinations of the CIA in Honduras.

Works (selection)

  • . Lot guerrero de Hibueras, 1967 Three tales: Los guerrero de Hibueras, La espera prolongada and Amalita, again recently published in the anthology: Todos los cuentos, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 1999
  • El árbol de los Pañuelos, 1972
  • La balada del y Otros Cuentos herido pájaro, 1985, also again in the anthology: Todos los cuentos. Among the short story: Abril antes del mediodía ( to German: April, before the lunch hour), this in German translation of Ulrich Kunzmann published in Explorations, 50 narrator from Central America, Carlos Rincon, Berlin, 1988
  • The story " Resistir. No. resistir. La resistencia. ¿ Por qué la resistencia? " - To German: Resist. Do not resist. Resistance. Why the resistance? - Was originally included in the Antologia del cuento hondureño, Tegucigalpa, in 1968 and was re- published in the anthology: Todos los cuentos.
  • Bajo el almendro ... junto al volcán ( to German: Under the almond tree ... next to the volcano), narration, 1988
  • Rey del Arbol Madrugada, 1993
  • Del Tiempo Y El Tropico Honduras / Of Time and the Tropics, 2002, together with Guillermo Anderson, ISBN 90-6832-526-4

Source

  • Hans -Gerd Spelleken: Honduras manual, Bielefeld 2002, p 179

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