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Horacio Quiroga
Horacio Quiroga was an Uruguayan-born Argentine author and writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use of the supernatural and the bizarre show the influence of modernismo, Edgar Allan Poe, and Rudyard Kipling, among others. Quiroga's influence can be seen in the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and the postmodern surrealism of Julio Cortazar.
Biography
Born in Salto, Uruguay, Quiroga had a famously miserable and unhappy life. His father, an Argentine consular official, was killed in an accidental shooting when Quiroga was very young. His stepfather committed suicide in 1900. In 1902, Quiroga accidentally killed ...
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