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Julio Cortázar

1914–1984 · 20th century

Julio Cortázar was an Argentine writer who lived in Paris from 1951 and became a leading figure of the Latin American Boom. He is best known for his experimental novel Hopscotch (1963), which can be read in more than one order, and for short stories such as 'Blow-Up', which inspired the film by Michelangelo Antonioni.

Julio Cortázar
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Julio Cortázar. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/julio-cortazar
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