Jorge Ibarguengoitia

Charlotte Lange (University of Strathclyde)

Ed. by Nuala Finnegan, University College Cork
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 4.1.3: Hispanic Writing and Culture of Central America and the Caribbean.
Vol. editors: Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 1928
Died 1983

Places

Born in Mexico
Active in Mexico

Activities

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Novelist

Resources

During his lifetime, Jorge Ibargüengoitia achieved significant popular success with the reading and theatre-going public. In his plays, novels, short stories and columns he examined his country’s morals and highlighted its idiosyncrasies through a lens of dark humour. Combining complex rhetoric with colloquial language, irony and a deep sensitivity for Mexico’s history and the psychological make-up of his fellow citizens, Ibargüengoitia’s works offer deep insights into the Mexican psyche and culture in a style which is easily recognisable from his trademark use of black humour.

Born in Guanajuato in 1928, Jorge Ibargüengoitia moved to Mexico City at the age of three where he undertook most of his …

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Citation: Lange, Charlotte. "Jorge Ibarguengoitia". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 July 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13910, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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