Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill
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Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill who normally went only by his surname, Fogwill, was an Argentine
sociologist, short story writer, and novelist. He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan
. Fogwill died on August 21, 2010 from a pulmonary dysfunction caused by his addiction to smoking.
Fogwill was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires
, publisher of a poetry book collection, essayist, and a columnist specializing in communications subjects, literature, and cultural politics. The success of his story "Muchacha punk" (Punk Girl), which received the first prize in a literary contest in 1980, compelled him leave his job as a businessman, and begin, according to his words, "a plot of misunderstandings and misfortunes" that led him to become a writer. Some of his texts have made their way into diverse anthologies published in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Spain. He is perhaps particularly notable for his short novel Los pichiciegos (translated as Malvinas Requiem), which was one of the very first narratives to deal with the Falklands War
between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
sociologist, short story writer, and novelist. He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan
Charles Langbridge Morgan
Charles Langbridge Morgan , was an English-born playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage. The main themes of his work were, as he himself put it, "Art, Love, and Death", and the relation between them...
. Fogwill died on August 21, 2010 from a pulmonary dysfunction caused by his addiction to smoking.
Fogwill was a professor at the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
, publisher of a poetry book collection, essayist, and a columnist specializing in communications subjects, literature, and cultural politics. The success of his story "Muchacha punk" (Punk Girl), which received the first prize in a literary contest in 1980, compelled him leave his job as a businessman, and begin, according to his words, "a plot of misunderstandings and misfortunes" that led him to become a writer. Some of his texts have made their way into diverse anthologies published in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Spain. He is perhaps particularly notable for his short novel Los pichiciegos (translated as Malvinas Requiem), which was one of the very first narratives to deal with the Falklands War
Falklands War
The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Works
- The effect of reality ("El efecto de realidad") (1979), poems
- The hours of appointments ("Las horas de citas") (1980), poems
- My dead punk ("Mis muertos punk") (1980), stories
- Japanese music ("Música japonesa") (1982), stories
- Malvinas Requiem ("Los pichiciegos") (1983), novel (trans. Nick Caistor)
- Imaginary armies ("Ejércitos imaginarios") (1983), stories
- Birds of the head ("Pájaros de la cabeza") (1985), stories
- Parts of the whole("Partes del todo") (1990), poems
- The good new ("La buena nueva") (1990), novel
- A pale history of love ("Una pálida historia de amor") (1991), novel
- Punk girl ("Muchacha punk") (1992), stories
- Diurnal remains ("Restos diurnos") (1993), novel
- Songs of sailors in The Pampas ("Cantos de marineros en las pampas") (1998)
- To live Outside ("Vivir Afuera") (1998), novel