Tell the story as if it were only of interest to the small circle of your characters, of which you may be one. There is no other way to put life into the story.
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| Birth: | 31st December, 1878 |
| Death: | 19th February, 1937 |
| Nationality: | Uruguayan |
| Profession: | Writer |
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Horacio Silvestre Quiroga Forteza was born in Salto, Uruguay. He was a Uruguayan playwright, poet, and short story writer. He wrote stories which, in their jungle settings, use the supernatural and the bizarre to show the struggle of man and animal to survive. He studied at the National College and also attended Polytechnic Institute of Montevideo for technical training. He wrote several books include: Coral Reefs(poem), The Crime of Another(short story), The Feather Pillow(short story), History of a Troubled Love(novel), Jungle Tales(children book), The Slaughtered(play), Anaconda(story), and Past Love(novel).
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