Mario Levrero
Uruguayan writer, photographer, editor, comedian and screenwriter
About Mario Levrero
Lived 1940 – 2004 (aged 64). Mario Levrero was an Uruguayan writer, photographer, editor, comedian, screenwriter and comics writer.
Jorge Mario Varlotta Levrero (23 January 1940 – 30 August 2004), better known as Mario Levrero, was a Uruguayan author. He authored nearly 20 novels as well as writing articles, columns, comic books and crosswords. His work is said to be influenced by Franz Kafka, Lewis Carroll and surrealism. Throughout his life he shunned publicity and was difficult with interviewers. Regardless, he became a cult figure in Uruguay and Argentina. Intended to be an account of a transcendental experience, the posthumously published work ended up as a composite of a diary detailing failed attempts at writing the novel and unedited chapters of the incomplete novel.
Work
Novels
La ciudad, 1970 Diario de un canalla/Burdeos, 1972 París, 1980 El lugar, 1982 Fauna/Desplazamientos, 1987 La Banda del Ciempiés, 1989 El alma de Gardel, 1996 El discurso vacío, 1996 Dejen todo en mis manos, 1998 La novela luminosa, 2005 Trilogía involuntaria (includes La ciudad, París, and El lugar), 2008 Nick Carter se divierte mientras el lector es asesinado y yo agonizo y otras novelas, 2012 La Banda del Ciempiés, 2015
Short story collections
La máquina de pensar en Gladys, 1970 (“The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine”. 2024) Todo el tiempo, 1982 Aguas salobres, 1983 Los muertos, 1986 Espacios libres, 1987 El portero y el otro, 1992 Ya que estamos, 2001 Los carros de fuego, 2003 Cuentos completos, 2019
Comic books
Santo Varón/I, with artwork by Lizán, 1986 Los profesionales, with artwork by Lizán, 1988 Historietas reunidas de Jorge Varlotta, 2016
Other writings Manual de parapsicología, 1978 Caza de conejos, 1986 (reissued in 2012) Irrupciones I, 2001 Irrupciones II, 2001
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Who was Mario Levrero?
Uruguayan writer, photographer, editor, comedian and screenwriter (1940–2004)
When was Mario Levrero born?
Mario Levrero was born on 23 January 1940 in Montevideo.
When did Mario Levrero die?
Mario Levrero died on 30 August 2004 in Montevideo.
What was Mario Levrero's occupation?
Mario Levrero was a writer, photographer, editor, comedian, screenwriter and comics writer.
What nationality was Mario Levrero?
Mario Levrero was Uruguayan.
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