MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A buyer from Argentina paid $42,120 for a manuscript of works, including seven unpublished stories, by legendary Argentine writer Julio Cortázar at an auction Thursday in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo.
1952” was the basis for the writer’s iconic “Cronopios and Famas” book, published in 1962.
In 1952, Cortázar sent a manuscript titled “Stories of Cronopios and Famas” from Paris to Luis María Baudizzone, the head of Argentine Argos publishing.
It could easily have been lost.”Vega speculates that Cortázar “lost track of the manuscript” after he sent it to Baudizzone.
The heir contacted Lucio Aquilanti, a Buenos Aires antiquarian bookseller, and a prominent Cortázar bibliographer, who confirmed the piece’s authenticity.
Persons:
Julio Cortázar, Historias, y, ”, Cronopios, King, Hilario, Cortázar, Luis María Baudizzone, “, cronopios, ” Cortázar, Eduardo Jonquiéres, Jonquiéres, ” Roberto Vega, ” Vega, Cortázar “, Lucio Aquilanti
Organizations:
Paris, Argentine Argos, famas, Associated Press
Locations:
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Argentina, Argentine, Uruguayan, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Paris, Baudizzone, Americas, Europe