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In describing his own writings Cortazar once said “Much of what I have written falls into the category of eccentricity, because I have never admitted a clear distinction between living and writing; if in my life I have managed to disguise an only partial participation in my circumstances, I still cannot deny that eccentricity in what I write, since I write precisely because I am only half there or not there at all," (“Encyclopedia of World Biography”). By saying this, Cortazar was saying that he lived to write and wrote to live, often reflecting on his own experiences. His creative style is mirrored in that statement which seems to be in and out of reality. As quoted by the Encyclopedia of World Biography, “So much of his work fell into the …show more content…

In 1944 and 1945 Cortázar taught French literature at the University of Cuyo in Mendoza. He resigned from his post after participating in demonstrations against Argentine president Juan Peron, and was imprisoned. Cortazar moved to Buenos Aires, where he began working for a publishing company. In that same year Cortázar published his first short story, "Casa tomada" ("House Taken Over"), in Los anales de Buenos Aires, an influential literary magazine edited by Borges (“Authors and Artists for Young Adults”). This short story was about residents being kicked out of there home by strangers. In like manner, Cortazar was forced to leave Argentina because of his political beliefs. Another example of where politics influenced his writing was in the novel “Libro De Manuel”. This novel is about an Argentinian exile in Paris named Andres Fava, who attends meetings of a group of revolutionaries in exile. This group is called the Screwery and when the police begins to close in on them, Andres compiles a scrapbook of clippings for the young son of two members (“Dictionary of Hispanic Biography”). Similarly, Cortazar refused to sacrifice his personal and creative freedom to a revolutionary cause even though he supported the Cuban revolution in the 60s. He and other Latin American intellectuals protested against the imprisonment of Cuban poet Heberto Padilla for writing poetry considered counterrevolutionary …show more content…

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