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Álvaro Mutis

Álvaro Mutis was a Colombian writer, novelist and poet (1923–2013). He was born in Bogotá and died in Mexico City.

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Alberto Piñeiro, na compaña do escritor colombiano Álvaro Mutis e de Antón Riveiro Coello.

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Biography

Álvaro Mutis is recorded as having received Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Xavier Villaurrutia Award and Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

The recorded working language is Spanish.

Works named in the authority record are The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.

Work by Álvaro Mutis is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

Distinctions recorded are Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Xavier Villaurrutia Award, Neustadt International Prize for Literature and Princess of Asturias Literary Prize.

Alberto Piñeiro, na compaña do escritor colombiano Álvaro Mutis e de Antón Riveiro Coello.

Alberto Piñeiro, na compaña do escritor colombiano Álvaro Mutis e de Antón Riveiro Coello.

Loreana Rossiny

Catalogued output

Works

Ilona llega con la lluvia; Un bel morir. Abdul Bashur, soñador de navíos; Tríptico de mar y tierra. Ilona llega con la lluvia; Un bel morir; La última escala del tramp steamer. Poesía: antología personal.

  • Una biografía intelectual de Álvaro Mutis

  • The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll

  • Abdul Bashur, soñador de navíos

  • Amirbar

  • Celebraciones y otros fantasmas

  • De lecturas y algo del mundo (1943-1997)

  • Diario de Lecumberri

  • La mansion de Araucaima

  • El último rostro

  • La nieve del almirante

  • Ilona llega con la lluvia

  • Y Cuadernos del palacio negro

  • La última escala del Tramp Steamer

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  • The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll

  • Abdul Bashur, soñador de navíos

  • Amirbar

  • Celebraciones y otros fantasmas

  • Una biografía intelectual de Álvaro Mutis

  • De lecturas y algo del mundo (1943-1997)

  • Diario de Lecumberri

  • La mansion de Araucaima

  • El último rostro

  • La nieve del almirante

  • Ilona llega con la lluvia

  • Y Cuadernos del palacio negro

  • La última escala del Tramp Steamer

  • Relatos de mar y tierra

  • Summa de Maqroll, el Gaviero (Poesía 1947-1970)

  • Summa de Maqroll, el Gaviero

  • Poesía 1948-2000

  • Poesía reunida

  • Un bel morir

  • Un homenaje y siete nocturnos

  • Antología

  • Contextos para Maqroll

  • Poesía, 1948-1997

  • Empresas y tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero

Dated record

Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1923

    Álvaro Mutis was born in 1923 at Bogotá.

  2. 2013

    Álvaro Mutis died in 2013 at Mexico City.

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  • Mexico City
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  • Bogotá

    Birth place

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Álvaro Mutis received Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Xavier Villaurrutia Award, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, Prix Médicis étranger and Legion of Honour.

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