He was a frustrated musician and a lover of Buenos Aires. But above all, he was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Today, august 26th he would have turned 100. In 2014 not only the centenary of his birth is celebrated, but also the 30th anniversary of his death and the 50th birthday of the emergence of Hopscotch (original title Rayuela), the novel that marked an important milestone in the history of Hispanic literature.
Julio Cortázar arrived in Buenos Aires in 1918 from Brussels when she was just four years. Together with his sister Ophelia and his mother Maria Herminia Descotte he settled in the village of Banfield, and in 1934 moved to an apartment on the street Artigas 3246, in Villa Park, an area recognized today as neighborhood “Agronomy”.
A plaque on the wall says: “Julio Cortázar used to live in this building” Throughout Buenos Aires there are several reminders of the writer. The numerous references to his work in the area confirm that it was a creative space for the writer. One of his most famous stories was born here. “Casa Tomada”, published in the literary journal Los Anales of Buenos Aires, run by another great man of letters, the Argentine Jorge Luis Borges.