Julio Cortázar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Julio Cortázar

Argentinian and French writer

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1914

Place of Birth: Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1984

Profession: screenwriter, writer, poet, playwright, translator, university teacher, literary critic, novelist, essayist, linguist

Nationality: France, Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Julio Cortázar, born Julio Florencio Cortázar American Spanish: ['xuljo ko?'tasa?] (listen); (26 August 1914 – 12 February 1984) was an Argentine novelist, short story writer, and essayist.
Known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, Cortázar influenced an entire generation of Spanish-speaking readers and writers in America and Europe.