Julio Ramón Ribeyro

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Julio Ramón Ribeyro


Born
in Lima , Peru
August 31, 1929

Died
December 04, 1994

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Influences


Julio Ramón Ribeyro Zúñiga was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awarded the Premio Juan Rulfo de literatura latinoamericana y del Caribe. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including English.

The characters in his stories, often autobiographical and usually written in simple but ironic language, tend to end up with their hopes cruelly dashed. But despite its apparent pessimism, Ribeyro's work is often comic, its humor springing from both the author's sense of irony and the accidents that befall his protagonists. The collective work of his short stories is published under the title La palabr
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Average rating: 4.19 · 7,327 ratings · 855 reviews · 102 distinct worksSimilar authors
La palabra del mudo

4.37 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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Prosas apátridas

4.21 avg rating — 930 ratings — published 1975 — 15 editions
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La palabra del mudo: Cuento...

4.50 avg rating — 675 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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Los gallinazos sin plumas

4.23 avg rating — 698 ratings — published 1955 — 5 editions
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Sólo para fumadores

4.27 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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La tentación del fracaso

4.60 avg rating — 290 ratings4 editions
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Invitación al viaje y otros...

3.93 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions
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Crónica de San Gabriel

3.75 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1960 — 2 editions
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Silvio en El Rosedal

4.37 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1989 — 9 editions
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Los geniecillos dominicales

3.80 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1965 — 13 editions
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“No concibo mi vida más que como un encadenamiento de muertes sucesivas. Arrastro tras de mí los cadáveres de todas mis ilusiones, de todas mis vocaciones perdidas.”
Julio Ramón Ribeyro

“...we find only one tool, neither created nor invented, but perfect: the hand of man.”
Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Marginal Voices: Selected Stories
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“Oh, life, life!" Bastidas complained, sipping his drink. "What is life? A little flame at the tip of a candle, exposed to a strong wind.”
Julio Ramón Ribeyro, Marginal Voices: Selected Stories

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