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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