Julio Ramón Ribeyro

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Julio Ramón Ribeyro (August 31, 1929, Lima, Peru - December 4, 1994, Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. He was also successful in other genres: novel, essay, theater, diary and aphorism. In the year of his death, he was awarded the $100,000 Premio Juan Rulfo de literatura latinoamericana y del Caribe. His work has been translated into numerous languages, including English.

The characters in his stories, often autobiographical and usually written in simple but ironic language, tend to end up with their hopes cruelly dashed. But despite its apparent pessimism, Ribeyro's work is often comic, its humor springing from both the author's sense of irony and the accidents that befall his protagonists.

Ribeyro studied literature and law in Universidad Católica in Lima. In 1960 he immigrated to Paris where he worked as a journalist in France Presse and then as cultural advisor and ambassador to UNESCO.

[edit] Partial bibliography

• Los gallinazos sin plumas (1954)
• Relatos santacrucinos (1954)
• Cuentos de circunstancias (1958)
• Crónica de San Gabriel (1960)
• Las botellas y los hombres (1964)
• Tres historias sublevantes (1964)
• Los geniecillos dominicales (1965)
• Los cautivos (1972)
• El próximos mes me nivelo (1972)
• La palabra del mudo (1973-77)
• Prosas Apátridas (1975-78)
• Cambio de guardia (1976)
• Silvio en El Rosedal (1977)
• Sólo para fumadores (1987)
• Dichos de Luder (1989)
• La tentación del fracaso (1992-1995)

[edit] Awards

• Premio Nacional de Literatura (1983)
• Premio Nacional de Cultura (1993)
• Premio Juan Rulfo de Literatura Latinoamericana (1994)