Carlos Zubizarreta
| Carlos Zubizarreta | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1904 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Died |
1972 Asunción, Paraguay |
| Occupation | Narrator, essayist |
| Notable work | Historia de mi ciudad (1965), Cien vidas paraguayas (1961) |
Carlos Zubizarreta was a writer born in Asunción, Paraguay in 1904.
Infancy and youth
Zubizarreta studied at the Colegio San José in Asunción and applied to study law at the Universidad Nacional de Asunción. Founder and director of the famous cultural magazine "Juventud" (Youth) and collaborator of "Alas" (Wings) magazine, he was to some the finest narrator and essayist and most elegant writer in the history of twentieth-century Paraguayan literature.
Career
In his "Historia de la Literatura Paraguaya" (History of Paraguayan Literature, 1971), Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá wrote that Zubizarreta "... published his first book of essays, "Acuarelas paraguayas" Paraguayan watercolours, in 1940. These "watercolours" are vivid portraits of customs and folklore painted by a skillful artist – but a painter-historian who sees the Paraguay of today with one eye, and with the other the Paraguay of the past, of Irala, of Montoya, of López y Aguirre and the rest. In effect, he barely starts to paint modern Asunción ... before its current landscape disappears and a vision of the city of Conquest and Colony arises ... ".
Works
Other titles from this prolific writer include:
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1957 | "Capitanes de la aventura" (Captains of Adventure), about two important names in the history of the Spanish conquest of Paraguay, Domingo Martínez de Irala and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
| 1965 | "Historias de mi ciudad" (Stories of my city) |
| 1961 | "Cien vidas paraguayas" (One hundred Paraguayan lives) |
| 1966 | "Los grillos de la duda" (The shackles of doubt) |
| 1969 | A collection of stories, and "Crónica y Ensayo" (Chronicle and Essay) |
Final years
He died in Asunción in 1972.
References
- Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo
- Diccionario Biográfico "FORJADORES DEL PARAGUAY", Primera Edición enero de 2000. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina.