US EditionPeruvian Writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique, the Last Great Name of the "Latin American Boom", Has Died
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Writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique, author of The World for Julius and The Garden of My Beloved, has died in his hometown of Lima at the age of 87. His literary work is characterized by an ironic tone, themes of memory, and the sting of social criticism.
El Buho escapes to playitaThe president of the pact and a custom-made court in ‘Picotitos’ of El BuhoThis Owl writes with his heart squeezed. Last Tuesday left this world the great writer Alfredo Bryce Echenique. The news, for whom we are his faithful readers, was devastating. We believed the teacher immortal, because until recently he was celebrating with friends his 87 years. It was almost 9 decades well lived and drinks.The writer will always…
This week two big ones died: Alfredo Bryce Echenique and Raúl del Pozo. I admired both, but careful, we all know that there are not two without three, so go preparing the obituaries for the third leg. The other day I was arguing with a friend about the deaths of the writers. He, who has a rare propensity because of the macabre, argued that among the writers there are many suicides - many more, he argued-, that between road engineers or doctors. …
A major figure in Latin American literature "post-boom", Alfredo Bryce Echenique died at 87 in Lima. The Peruvian writer, author of many novels, leaves a work marked by the observation of the elites of his country and by an internationally recognized narrative virtuosity. His last novel, An Infinite Sadness, was published in 2015 at Métailié.
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