Juan José Arreola
Juan José Arreola Zúñiga (September 21, 1918 – December 3, 2001) was a Mexican writer and academic. He is considered Mexico's premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. Arreola is recognized as one of the first Latin American writers to abandon
realism; he used elements of fantasy to underscore
existentialist and
absurdist ideas in his work. Although he is little known outside his native country, Arreola has served as the literary inspiration for a legion of Mexican writers who have sought to transform their country's realistic literary tradition by introducing elements of
magical realism,
satire, and
allegory. Alongside
Jorge Luis Borges, he is considered one of the masters of the hybrid subgenre of the essay-story. He published only one novel, ''La feria'' (The Fair; 1963).
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