Ricardo Piglia (born on November 24, 1941 in Adrogué) is an Argentine writer best known for his 1992 novel "The Absent City". November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...
Heavely influenced by countryman Jorge Luis Borges, Piglia's stories contain elements of the occult, while still heavily grounded in the "reality" of their metafictional narratives. Typically in the form of a hardboiled detective story, Piglia's novels and shorts expand as the reader learns the facts at the same rate as the narrator. Jorge Luis Borges (born August 24, 1899 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died June 14, 1986 in Geneva, Switzerland) was an Argentine writer who is considered one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century. ...
Piglia received a number of awards, including the "Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras 2005", "Premio Planeta 1997", and "Premio Casa de las Américas 1967". He currently teaches at the Princeton University, United States. Princeton University is a coeducational private university located on an extensive campus in and around suburban Princeton, New Jersey. ...
Works
1967 The Ivation (La Invasión)
1986 Critic and Ficcion (Crítica y ficción)
1988 Perpatual Prison (Prisión perpetua)
1999 Brief Forms (Formas breves)
2000 Dictionary of the novel of Macedonio Fernández (Diccionario de la novela de Macedonio Fernández)
Piglia prefers to validate a theory of the Argentine soul by unconventional methods, emphasizing discontinuity, enhancing the lack of commitment of the word with the elusiveness of the image.
Piglia wishes to debunk the notion of Argentine lifestyle suggested by the establishment, with the family and Christian virtue as only cornerstones, and with national identity as the consecrated offspring of Western civilization.
Piglia is particularly interested in depicting Argentine identity as the outcome of an illicit affair, born of a fondness for myths, reflected in the recurrent tendency to mythologize, so evident in Borges and other local authors; it is in this regard that Discépolo's piece excels, granted its scheming contention.
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