Héctor Tizón (21 October 1929 – 30 July 2012) was an Argentine writer and diplomat. He lived and worked from the ancestral home of his parents in Yala, a small rural town some north of

San Salvador de Jujuy San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...

. Tizón served as the cultural attache in the Argentine Embassy in Mexico, and was forced into exile to Cercedilla in the Sierra de Guadarrama, west of Madrid, shortly after the

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of 24 March 1976. Upon his return to Argentina, he settled back in Jujuy where he died on 30 July 2012.''Le Mot Just''. A documentary film produced by

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. Written and directed by

Eduardo Montes-Bradley Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born July 1960) is an Argentine-American documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work focuses on biographical, cultural, and historical subjects. He is best known for directing ''Evita'' (2008), ''Rita Dove: An Ameri ...

He won the Diamond

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in 2004 as one of the most preeminent writers in Argentina.

Bibliography

*''A un costado de los rieles'' (1960) *''Fuego en Casabindo'' (1969) *''El cantar del profeta y el bandido'' (1972) *''El jactancioso y la bella'' (1972) *''Sota de bastos, caballo de espadas'' (1975) *''El traidor venerado'' (1978) *''La casa y el viento'' (1984) *''Recuento'' (1984) *''El viaje'' (1988) *''El hombre que llegó a un pueblo'' (1988) *''El gallo blanco'' (1992) *''Luz de las crueles provincias'' (1995) *''La mujer de Strasser'' (1997) *''Tierra de frontera'' (1998) *''Obra completa'' (1998) *''Extraño y pálido fulgor'' (1999) *''El viejo soldado'' (2002) *''La belleza del mundo'' (2004) *''No es posible callar'' (2004) *''Cuentos completos'' (2006) *''El resplandor de la hoguera'' (2008) *''Memorial de la Puna''

External References

* Le Mot Just, a documentary film by

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tizon, Hector 1929 births 2012 deaths Argentine male novelists Argentine exiles Argentine diplomats Argentine politicians 20th-century Argentine judges 20th-century Argentine novelists 20th-century Argentine male writers