In which country was author Julio Cortázar born?

Author Julio Cortázar was born in Belgium. He was born in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, on August 26, 1914, to Argentine parents while his father was serving in a diplomatic role during the First World War.

Cortázar’s family returned to Argentina in 1919, and he grew up there before moving permanently to Paris in 1951. His international life can make the question seem trickier: he wrote in Spanish, was closely associated with Argentina, and later became a French citizen. His birthplace, however, remained Belgium.

Cortázar became one of the major innovators of the Latin American literary boom. His best-known novel, *Hopscotch*, appeared in 1963 and invites readers to approach its chapters in more than one order. He was also celebrated for inventive short stories that blur ordinary reality, fantasy, and psychological perception.