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Benno von Archimboldi is a fictional character in the novel ''2666'' (2004) by Roberto Bolaño. Archimboldi is the pen name of German author Hans Reiter (1920-), one of the central characters in ''2666''. He is introduced in the first part of the novel, "The Part About the Critics", as a mysterious and elusive figure. After learning that Archimboldi has recently been sighted in Mexico, three literary critics, Jean-Claude Pelletier, Manuel Espinoza, and Liz Norton, travel to Santa Teresa (the fictional counterpart to real-life Ciudad Juárez) in pursuit of his trail. While they are unsuccessful, they learn that his real name is Hans Reiter. From then on, Archimboldi effectively disappears until he resurfaces in the last part of the novel ("The Part About Archimboldi"), which tells the künstlerroman-like story of his childhood in Germany, his experiences fighting in World War II, his relationship with his wife, Ingeborg, and his development as a writer. The novel concludes as he leaves for Mexico, at the behest of his sister, in order to pursue his imprisoned nephew. ==Life== The fictional Archimboldi was born in Prussia in 1920 as Hans Reiter. His father was a one-legged soldier who fought in World War I, and his mother was "one-eyed" (blind in one eye). He was preoccupied with seaweed and diving as a child; for a long time, the only book he read and carried was ''Animals and Plants of the European Coastal Region''. He considered the birth of his younger sister, Lotte, when he was ten, to be the "best thing that had ever happened to him." After leaving school at 13, Reiter eventually went to work as a servant in the country house of the Baron von Zumpe, where his mother was also employed. There he befriended Hugo Halder, the baron's nephew, who introduced him to the wider world of literature. At the house, he also encountered for the first time the baron's daughter, the future Baroness von Zumpe (and later, Mrs. Bubis). After the baron closed the house, Reiter left to work in Berlin. Reiter was drafted into the Nazi German army in 1939. He spent most of the war fighting in the eastern front. He was eventually captured and placed in an Allied POW camp. His literary career, for which he was to become famous, began in Cologne, Germany, where he settled after the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benno von Archimboldi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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