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Sunday 8 January 2017

Ricardo Piglia, Dies Aged 75

Hello Gentle Reader,

On January 6th, Ricardo Piglia had died, at the age of 75; Piglia had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease) in two-thousand and thirteen.

Ricardo Piglia has been one of the most important writers of Argentinan literature for the past fifty years. He was considered a post-boom writer, as his fiction moves away from the rural and mystical landscapes set out by the boom generation, instead Piglia would focus on the postmodernist paranoid fragmentation of society and how its chaotic bombardments assaulted the everyday life of its citizens. His literary career stared in nineteen-sixty seven when he published his first short story collection: “The Invasion,” (La Invasión) this would be followed by three more short story collections and five novels, along with numerous essays and critical analysis. Beyond his writing career though, Piglia is known to have lived in the United States of America, as well as taught Latin American Literature at the University of Princeton; but in two-thousand and eleven would return to Argentina. Ricardo Piglia was often mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature, as a great representative of the post-boom generation of writers; but yet much like Antonio Tabucchi (often considered Italo Calvino’s successor), Ricardo Piglia would not receive the award; much like his fellow countryman: Jorge Luis Borges.

Rest in Peace, Ricardo Piglia.

Thank-you For Reading Gentle Reader
Take Care
And As Always
Stay Well Read


M. Mary 

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