Enrique Gómez Carrillo

== Literary works ==

== Literary works ==

Gómez Carrillo became the author of nearly eighty books of various genres, and is known primarily for his chronicles (crónicas), characterized by [[Modernist literature|modernist prose]].

Gómez Carrillo became the author of nearly eighty books of various genres, and is known primarily for his chronicles (''crónicas''), characterized by [[Modernist literature|modernist prose]].

He contributed to numerous publications in Spain, France and Latin America, and headed ''El Nuevo Mercurio'' (1907) and ''Cosmópolis'' (1919–1922). Gómez Carrillo lived mainly in [[Madrid]] and Paris. It was in Madrid where he decided to change his surname from "Gomez Tible" to "Gómez Carrillo," mortified by the joking of others. A tireless traveler, he wrote numerous chronicles that collected his impressions of the places he visited: the enchanting ''París'' (1902), ''La Rusia actual'' (1906), ''La Grecia eterna'' (1908), ''El Japón heroico y galante'' (1912), ''La sonrisa de la esfinge'' (1913), ''Jerusalén y la Tierra Santa'' (1914) and ''Vistas de Europa'' (1919).

He contributed to numerous publications in Spain, France and Latin America, and headed ''El Nuevo Mercurio'' (1907) and ''Cosmópolis'' (1919–1922). Gómez Carrillo lived mainly in [[Madrid]] and Paris. It was in Madrid where he decided to change his surname from "Gomez Tible" to "Gómez Carrillo," mortified by the joking of others. A tireless traveler, he wrote numerous chronicles that collected his impressions of the places he visited: the enchanting ''París'' (1902), ''La Rusia actual'' (1906), ''La Grecia eterna'' (1908), ''El Japón heroico y galante'' (1912), ''La sonrisa de la esfinge'' (1913), ''Jerusalén y la Tierra Santa'' (1914) and ''Vistas de Europa'' (1919).

He was also the author of several essays, autobiographies and literary criticisms on "Art Sensation" (1893) "Foreign Literature" (1895), "Modernism" (1905), "Exotic literatures" (1920), "Sappho, and other seductive courtesans" (1921), "The mystery of life and death of Mata Hari" (1923), "The hundred masterpieces of world literature" (1924) and "New French literature" (1927).

He was also the author of several essays, autobiographies and literary criticisms on "Art Sensation" (1893) "Foreign Literature" (1895), "Modernism" (1905), "Exotic literatures" (1920), "Sappho, and other seductive courtesans" (1921), "The mystery of life and death of Mata Hari" (1923), "The hundred masterpieces of world literature" (1924) and "New French literature" (1927).

As for his narrative, immoral novels include ''Of love, of pain and vice'' (1898), ''Bohemia sentimental'' (1899), ''Wonderland'' (1899, 1922) and ''The Gospel of Love'' (1922). Erotic themes predominates within the aesthetic decadence of his writings.

As for his narrative, immoral novels include ''Of love, of pain and vice'' (1898), ''Bohemia sentimental'' (1899), ''Wonderland'' (1899, 1922) and ''The Gospel of Love'' (1922). Erotic themes predominate within the aesthetic decadence of his writings.

=== Forgotten in Guatemala ===

=== Forgotten in Guatemala ===

{{See also|Luis Cardoza y Aragón}}

{{See also|Luis Cardoza y Aragón}}

Guatemala is probably the country where Gómez Carrillo is least known, and where the few that do know about his work, are those who criticize it the most. Official cultura curriculum has ignored him, neglecting both his persona and his work. [[Luis Cardoza y Aragón]], has been the direct culprit of this; in both of his memoirs Cardoza y Aragón wrote complete chapters about Gómez Carrillo where he attacks the writer mercilessly. Cardozas criticism, however, cannot completely hide his resentment and envy toward the writer who visited him in Paris in his youth, and to whom he dedicated his very first poems book.

Guatemala is probably the country where Gómez Carrillo is least known, and where the few that do know about his work, are those who criticize it the most. Official cultura curriculum has ignored him, neglecting both his persona and his work. [[Luis Cardoza y Aragón]], has been the direct culprit of this; in both of his memoirs Cardoza y Aragón wrote complete chapters about Gómez Carrillo where he attacks the writer mercilessly. Cardoza's criticism, however, cannot completely hide his resentment and envy toward the writer who visited him in Paris in his youth, and to whom he dedicated his very first book of poetry.

It is until the 21st century that a collection about representative writers in the American continent has published a chapter explaining the deliberate neglect around Gómez Carrillo's memory in his home country. The chapter state that: "ever since [[Rubén Darío|Darío]] died in 1916 there has been a lot of books about modernism. Generally, they ignore Gómez Carrillo. This musketeer winner in life, has not escaped the destiny of those who indulge in their excesses. Besides, he lacked something critical to accomplish immediate celebrity: loved relatives and a protector government.» Further along, the chapter says: «[...] in Guatemala, asking about Gómez Carrillo, no body had any information. His own brother, language professor, carries along completely oblivious to his brother's glory [...] and the bookstores do no have any of his works [...] it is easier to find them in [[Buenos Aires]] and in [[Madrid]], for sure.

It is until the 21st century that a collection about representative writers in the American continent has published a chapter explaining the deliberate neglect around Gómez Carrillo's memory in his home country. The chapter state that: "ever since [[Rubén Darío|Darío]] died in 1916 there has been a lot of books about modernism. Generally, they ignore Gómez Carrillo. This musketeer winner in life, has not escaped the destiny of those who indulge in their excesses. Besides, he lacked something critical to accomplish immediate celebrity: loved relatives and a protector government.» Further along, the chapter says: «[...] in Guatemala, asking about Gómez Carrillo, no body had any information. His own brother, language professor, carries along completely oblivious to his brother's glory [...] and the bookstores do no have any of his works [...] it is easier to find them in [[Buenos Aires]] and in [[Madrid]], for sure.