Horacio Quiroga
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Horacio Quiroga 🇺🇾

Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza
["Short Story Writer", "Poet", "Dramatist"]
Born Dec 31, 1878 🇺🇾 Salto, Uruguay
Passed Away Feb 19, 1937 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lifespan 58 years old
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"Do not write under the empire of emotion. Let it die, and evoke it then. If you can revive it as it was, you have won."

Archival Overview

Uruguayan-Argentine short story writer regarded as the master of the Latin American gothic tale, whose Stories of Love, Madness and Death captured the lethal perils of the Misiones jungle.

Biographical Record

Haunted by personal tragedies and accidental deaths throughout his life, Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937) pioneer-settled in the subtropical wilderness of Misiones, Argentina. Drawing inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Maupassant, he penned haunting stories exploring nature's relentless hostility against human fragility.

His collections 'Cuentos de amor de locura y de muerte' (1917) and 'Cuentos de la selva' (1918) established the modern Latin American short story, influencing successors from Jorge Luis Borges to Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Key Life Milestones

1917

Stories of Love, Madness and Death

Published his definitive horror and psychological short-story collection.

1918

Stories of the Jungle

Published his beloved allegorical fable collection set in the Argentine rainforest.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Salto Cemetery
Salto, Uruguay
GPS: -31.3833, -57.9667
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