Juan José Arreola

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Juan José Arreola was a renowned Mexican writer, editor, and master of short experimental fiction, celebrated as one of Latin America’s foremost literary innovators of the 20th century.

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Juan José Arreola canonical 3
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga 1

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instanceOf 20th-century Mexican writer
Mexican writer
editor
human
short story writer
awardReceived National Prize for Arts and Sciences (Mexico)
Xavier Villaurrutia Award
birthName Juan José Arreola Zúñiga
linked to: Juan José Arreola
child Orso Arreola
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
dateOfBirth 1918-09-21
dateOfDeath 2001-12-03
describedAs one of Latin America’s foremost literary innovators of the 20th century
educatedAt National Autonomous University of Mexico
familyName Arreola
fieldOfWork literature
short fiction
gender male
genre experimental fiction
fantastic literature
short story
givenName Juan José
hasWorkInTheCollection Confabulario y otros inventos
linked to: Confabulario
influenced Latin American experimental writers
Mexican short story writers
influencedBy Franz Kafka
Jorge Luis Borges
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
movement Latin American literature
name Juan José Arreola
nationality Mexican
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableWork Bestiario
Confabulario
La feria
Palindroma
Varia invención
occupation actor
editor
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico
placeOfDeath Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
spouse Sara Sánchez
style ironic prose
use of fantasy and allegory
wasMemberOf Mexican Academy of Language
workedAs proofreader
workedAt Fondo de Cultura Económica

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Ciudad Guzmán birthplaceOf Juan José Arreola
subject linked to: Ciudad Guzmán, Jalisco, Mexico
Juan José Arreola name Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola birthName Juan José Arreola Zúñiga
linked to: Juan José Arreola