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Onetti

American  
[oh-net-ee, aw-ne-tee] / oʊˈnɛt i, ɔˈnɛ ti /

noun

  1. Juan Carlos 1909–94, Uruguayan novelist and short-story writer.


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He is more interested in deep dives into little-known authors such as Juan Carlos Onetti, whose collected stories he reviewed for Harper’s in January.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2020

Admired by Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa, Onetti, a Uruguayan who fled his country’s repressive regime in the 1970s, ushered Spanish-language fiction into the modern era.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2020

In life there are days, or atmospheres, or images, of which one can only think, it’s as if Onetti wrote this.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2016

To English or French editors, Carlos Fuentes and Juan Carlos Onetti were of a piece, even if one was from Mexico and the other from Uruguay.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 28, 2015

By fostering acqui-hires, Onetti said he is helping “the wheel of innovation move fast.”

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2014

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