Max Jiménez
Max Jiménez, one of Costa Rica's important early writers was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1900. His literary works include novels, short stories, essays and poetry, but he is best known for his novel El jaúl (1937), which tells a series of events in an agricultural community in Costa Rica, though the events transcend the country itself. This led the author to visit bookstores to remove the book from circulation.
Max Jiménez
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- Name
- Max Jiménez
- Birthplace
- San José, Costa Rica
- Occupation
- * Author
- Born
- 1900 · San José.
- Died
- 1947 · Buenos Aires.
- Nationality
- Costa Rica
- Languages
- Spanish
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Max Jiménez, one of Costa Rica's important early writers was born in San José, Costa Rica in 1900. His literary works include novels, short stories, essays and poetry, but he is best known for his novel El jaúl (1937), which tells a series of events in an agricultural community in Costa Rica, though the events transcend the country itself. This led the author to visit bookstores to remove the book from circulation.
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Biography
Biography
In 1928, Jiménez and Teodorico Quirós co-founded the art exhibiting society Círculo de Amigos del Arte (Circle of Friends of Art) in San José. The society acted as a large guild of artists and intellectuals sponsored and brought together noted members of the Costa Rica's artistic elite of the period, including Francisco Amighetti and Francisco Zúñiga. Aside from literary works, his artistic legacy also includes paintings and engravings. Jiménez was also a sculptor. He died in 1947 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Grabado hecho por Max Jiménez que ilustra el capitulo 11 de su novela "El Domador de Pulgas"
Max Jiménez · El Domador de Pulgas
Grabado hecho por Max Jiménez que ilustra el capitulo 13 de su novela "El Domador de Pulgas"
Max Jiménez · El Domador de Pulgas
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Max Jiménez • Birthplace — San José, Costa Rica • Occupation — * Author • engraver • sculptor
Identity
Identity
Max Jiménez is recorded as writer, sculptor, journalist, poet and painter.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1900
Max Jiménez born at San José.
1947
Max Jiménez died at Buenos Aires.
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San José.
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Buenos Aires.
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Published works
• Ensayos (1926) • Unos fantoches (1928) • Gleba (1929) • Sonaja (1930) • Quijongo (1933) • Revenar (1936) • El domador de pulgas (1936) • El jaúl, novela (1937) • Candelillas (1965) • Obra literaria de Max Jiménez / editado por Stvdivm Generale Costarricense. (1984) • Max Jiménez / estudio y compilación de Alfonso Chase. (2000) • Toda la poesía: poesía 1929–1936 / Selección y prólogo Alfonso Chase. (2000) • Obra literaria / Compilador, Alvaro Quesada Soto. (2004)
Criticism
• Max Jiménez: catálogo razonado / Floria A. Barrionuevo Ch-A., Mariá Enriqueta Guardia Y. (1999) • Max Jiménez: aproximaciones críticas / compilador, Álvaro Quesada Soto. (1999)
Literature
Literature
Literature
Jiménez, Max, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Max Jiménez ha muerto, Atenea (Concepción), 1947
Candelillas de Max Jiménez: una aproximación al concepto país pequeño, Káñina, 2006
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