Julio Cortázar (born Jules Florencio Cortázar) was a Belgian-born Argentine author of novels and short stories. He influenced an entire generation of Latin American writers from Mexico to Argentina. was married three times: first to Aurora Bernárdez, then Ugnė Karvelis and finally the Bostonian Carol Dunlop. Most of his best known work work was written in France where he established himself in 1951.