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Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill

January 01, 1970

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (July 15, 1941 – August 21, 2010), who normally went only by his surname, Fogwill, was an Argentine short story writer, novelist, and businessman. He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan. He was the author of Malvinas Requiem, one of the first narratives to deal with the Falklands War. Fogwill died on August 21, 2010, from a pulmonary dysfunction.

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill

Biography edit

Fogwill was born in Buenos Aires, and became a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. He published a poetry book collection; he was an essayist and a columnist specializing in communications subjects, literature, and cultural politics. The success of his story "Muchacha punk" (Punk Girl), which received the first prize in a literary contest in 1980, allowed him to leave his job as a businessman, and began what he called "a plot of misunderstandings and misfortunes"[citation needed] that led him to become a writer.

Some of his stories have appeared in anthologies in the United States, Cuba, Mexico, and Spain. He is particularly notable for the short novel Malvinas Requiem (Los pichiciegos), which was one of the first narratives to deal with the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom, and is written from the point of view of young Argentine conscripts. More generally, Erin Graff Zivin notes that in much of his work, Fogwill is concerned with "marginal subjects": in Vivir afuera, for instance, these include "'Jews,' HIV-positive patients, drug addicts, prostitutes, and impoverished artists."[1]

Malvinas Requiem edit

The critic María A. Duran calls Fogwill's Malvinas Requiem "a masterful and disillusioned story of an absurd war."[2] Famously, it was begun before the war had even ended, and finished only a week later, product of a seventy-two-hour writing binge without sleep, fuelled by cocaine.[3] The Argentine critic Martín Kohan compares the book's publication to an earthquake: "you would have to measure it on the Richter scale."[4]

The book's plot concerns a group of Argentine deserters during the final weeks of the land war on the Islands. They have carved out a cave and a small network of tunnels somewhere in No Man's Land and hunker down as the weather worsens and winter beckons. The men call themselves "pichiciegos," after a small armadillo native to Argentina. To survive, they scavenge from the battlefield, steal from the Argentine army, and barter with the British. Occasionally they see (or think they see) extraordinary sights around them. In the end, the majority of the pichiciegos die, suffocated by carbon monoxide as the advancing snow blocks their cave's ventilation. Only one survives, and we gradually learn that he is telling his story to the novel's narrator, back in Buenos Aires.

Collaborations edit

In 2006 Centre for Experimentation (CETC) of Teatro Colón proposed that as a national poet Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill work with the composer of his choice. He chose avantgarde composer Oscar Edelstein who went on to make the script for "Eterna Flotación-Los monstruito from two poems of Fogwill, "Contra el Cristal de La Pecera de Acuario" ("Against the Glass of the Aquarium") " and "El Antes de los Monstruito" ("Before the Monsters") from his book "Lo Dado" ("The Given"), transforming the two poems into a continuous discourse that functions as a dramatic text.[5] It was the first musical work to speak about the presidency of Carlos Menem. The opera depicted the incredible decadence into which Argentina fell which led to economic collapse and a series of economic problems have been referred to as the “Tango Crisis.” "The Festival of the Monsters"[6] was a short story written by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares and it is with this in mind that Fogwill referred to "the monsters" in his book of poems "Lo Dado" ("The Given"). In Edelstein's opera he creates two protagonists, Monstruo I (Juan Peltzer - Baritone), and Monstruo II (Lucas Werenkraut -Tenor).

This was the second collaboration between Fogwill and Oscar Edelstein, the first being in 1997 where in Edelstein's work "Klange, Klange Urutaú" Fogwill translated and recorded a poem of Fernando Pessoa. The music critic Federico Monjeau described the reading as "expressive and strange."[7]

Works edit

Novels edit

  • Malvinas Requiem: Visions of an Underground War (Translator Nick Caistor. Publisher, Serpent's Tail, 2007 (Los pichiciegos, 1983)
  • The Good New (La buena nueva, 1990)
  • A Pale History of Love (Una pálida historia de amor, 1991)
  • To Live Outside (Vivir afuera, 1998)
  • Songs of Sailors in the Pampas (Cantos de marineros en las pampas, 1998), anthology
  • La experiencia sensible (2001)
  • En otro orden de cosas (2002)
  • Urbana (2003)[8]
  • Runa (2003)
  • Un guion para Artkino (2009)
  • Nuestro modo de vida (2014) (posthumous)
  • La introducción (2016) (posthumous)

Short stories edit

  • My Dead Punks (Mis muertos punk, 1980)
  • Japanese music (Música japonesa, 1982),
  • Imaginary Armies (Ejércitos imaginarios, 1983)
  • Birds of the Head (Pájaros de la cabeza, 1985)
  • Punk Girl (Muchacha punk, 1992)
  • Diurnal Remains (Restos diurnos, 1993)
  • Cuentos completos (2009)

Poems edit

  • The Effect of Reality (El efecto de realidad, 1979)
  • The Hours of Appointments (Las horas de citas, 1980)
  • Parts of the Whole (Partes del todo, 1990)
  • The Given ("Lo dado", 2001)
  • Canción de paz (2003)
  • Últimos movimientos (2004)
  • Poesía completa (2016)

References edit

  1. ^ Erin Graff Zivin, The Wandering Signifier 43
  2. ^ "The Falklands War: Readings Over Time." 30 Years After: Issues and Representations of the Falklands War. Ed. Carine Berbéri and Monia O’Brien Castro. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2015. 44.
  3. ^ Federico Bianchini, Fogwill: el hombre que nada
  4. ^ Martín Kohan, El país de la guerra. Buenos Aires: Eterna Cadencia, 2014. 271.
  5. ^ Montero, Juan Carlos (2006) Poetica sobre la degradacion social, La Nación
  6. ^ Barandica, Juan Manuel Silva "Remanentes y causalidades críticas en “La fiesta del monstruo” of Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares"
  7. ^ Monjeau, Federico (1997) Música, improvisación y poesía, Clarín
  8. ^ Véase la reseña de Ignacio Echevarría,«Un narrador materialista», Babelia, 8-3-2003.

External links edit

  • Beatriz Sarlo, , on Los pichiciegos See also "No olvidar la guerra", from Fogwill's website.
  • Caistor, Nick (August 29, 2010), "Rodolfo Fogwill obituary", The Guardian
  • Monjeau, Federico (09/22/2006) Dos poemas y una ópera, Clarín
  • Kohan, Pablo (09/17/2006) Una ópera verdadera, La Nación
  • Fischerman, Diego (09/17/2006) “A mí me interesa la sobresaturación” Pagina 12
  • Monjeau, Federico (09/16/2006) Yendo de la poesía a la ópera, Clarín

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Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill July 15 1941 August 21 2010 who normally went only by his surname Fogwill was an Argentine short story writer novelist and businessman He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridge Morgan He was the author of Malvinas Requiem one of the first narratives to deal with the Falklands War Fogwill died on August 21 2010 from a pulmonary dysfunction Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill Contents 1 Biography 2 Malvinas Requiem 3 Collaborations 4 Works 5 Novels 6 Short stories 7 Poems 8 References 9 External linksBiography editFogwill was born in Buenos Aires and became a professor at the University of Buenos Aires He published a poetry book collection he was an essayist and a columnist specializing in communications subjects literature and cultural politics The success of his story Muchacha punk Punk Girl which received the first prize in a literary contest in 1980 allowed him to leave his job as a businessman and began what he called a plot of misunderstandings and misfortunes citation needed that led him to become a writer Some of his stories have appeared in anthologies in the United States Cuba Mexico and Spain He is particularly notable for the short novel Malvinas Requiem Los pichiciegos which was one of the first narratives to deal with the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom and is written from the point of view of young Argentine conscripts More generally Erin Graff Zivin notes that in much of his work Fogwill is concerned with marginal subjects in Vivir afuera for instance these include Jews HIV positive patients drug addicts prostitutes and impoverished artists 1 Malvinas Requiem editThe critic Maria A Duran calls Fogwill s Malvinas Requiem a masterful and disillusioned story of an absurd war 2 Famously it was begun before the war had even ended and finished only a week later product of a seventy two hour writing binge without sleep fuelled by cocaine 3 The Argentine critic Martin Kohan compares the book s publication to an earthquake you would have to measure it on the Richter scale 4 The book s plot concerns a group of Argentine deserters during the final weeks of the land war on the Islands They have carved out a cave and a small network of tunnels somewhere in No Man s Land and hunker down as the weather worsens and winter beckons The men call themselves pichiciegos after a small armadillo native to Argentina To survive they scavenge from the battlefield steal from the Argentine army and barter with the British Occasionally they see or think they see extraordinary sights around them In the end the majority of the pichiciegos die suffocated by carbon monoxide as the advancing snow blocks their cave s ventilation Only one survives and we gradually learn that he is telling his story to the novel s narrator back in Buenos Aires Collaborations editIn 2006 Centre for Experimentation CETC of Teatro Colon proposed that as a national poet Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill work with the composer of his choice He chose avantgarde composer Oscar Edelstein who went on to make the script for Eterna Flotacion Los monstruito from two poems of Fogwill Contra el Cristal de La Pecera de Acuario Against the Glass of the Aquarium and El Antes de los Monstruito Before the Monsters from his book Lo Dado The Given transforming the two poems into a continuous discourse that functions as a dramatic text 5 It was the first musical work to speak about the presidency of Carlos Menem The opera depicted the incredible decadence into which Argentina fell which led to economic collapse and a series of economic problems have been referred to as the Tango Crisis The Festival of the Monsters 6 was a short story written by Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares and it is with this in mind that Fogwill referred to the monsters in his book of poems Lo Dado The Given In Edelstein s opera he creates two protagonists Monstruo I Juan Peltzer Baritone and Monstruo II Lucas Werenkraut Tenor This was the second collaboration between Fogwill and Oscar Edelstein the first being in 1997 where in Edelstein s work Klange Klange Urutau Fogwill translated and recorded a poem of Fernando Pessoa The music critic Federico Monjeau described the reading as expressive and strange 7 Works editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it January 2019 Novels editMalvinas Requiem Visions of an Underground War Translator Nick Caistor Publisher Serpent s Tail 2007 Los pichiciegos 1983 The Good New La buena nueva 1990 A Pale History of Love Una palida historia de amor 1991 To Live Outside Vivir afuera 1998 Songs of Sailors in the Pampas Cantos de marineros en las pampas 1998 anthology La experiencia sensible 2001 En otro orden de cosas 2002 Urbana 2003 8 Runa 2003 Un guion para Artkino 2009 Nuestro modo de vida 2014 posthumous La introduccion 2016 posthumous Short stories editMy Dead Punks Mis muertos punk 1980 Japanese music Musica japonesa 1982 Imaginary Armies Ejercitos imaginarios 1983 Birds of the Head Pajaros de la cabeza 1985 Punk Girl Muchacha punk 1992 Diurnal Remains Restos diurnos 1993 Cuentos completos 2009 Poems editThe Effect of Reality El efecto de realidad 1979 The Hours of Appointments Las horas de citas 1980 Parts of the Whole Partes del todo 1990 The Given Lo dado 2001 Cancion de paz 2003 Ultimos movimientos 2004 Poesia completa 2016 References edit Erin Graff Zivin The Wandering Signifier 43 The Falklands War Readings Over Time 30 Years After Issues and Representations of the Falklands War Ed Carine Berberi and Monia O Brien Castro Farnham Surrey Ashgate 2015 44 Federico Bianchini Fogwill el hombre que nada Martin Kohan El pais de la guerra Buenos Aires Eterna Cadencia 2014 271 Montero Juan Carlos 2006 Poetica sobre la degradacion social La Nacion Barandica Juan Manuel Silva Remanentes y causalidades criticas en La fiesta del monstruo of Jorge Luis Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares Monjeau Federico 1997 Musica improvisacion y poesia Clarin Vease la resena de Ignacio Echevarria Un narrador materialista Babelia 8 3 2003 External links editObituaries and articles on Rodolfo Fogwil in Spanish Beatriz Sarlo No olvidar la guerra on Los pichiciegos See also No olvidar la guerra from Fogwill s website Caistor Nick August 29 2010 Rodolfo Fogwill obituary The Guardian Monjeau Federico 09 22 2006 Dos poemas y una opera Clarin Kohan Pablo 09 17 2006 Una opera verdadera La Nacion Fischerman Diego 09 17 2006 A mi me interesa la sobresaturacion Pagina 12 Monjeau Federico 09 16 2006 Yendo de la poesia a la opera Clarin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill amp oldid 1077455021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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