Arturo Ambrogi (1874 – 1936 in

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) was a writer and journalist, considered one of the pioneers of

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, along with

Francisco Gavidia Francisco Antonio Gavidia Guandique (1863 in San Miguel – 24 September 1955 in San Salvador) was a prominent Salvadoran writer, historian, politician, speaker, translator, educator and journalist. His poetry evolved from romanticism to a r ...

and

Alberto Masferrer Vicente Alberto Mónico Masferrer (24 July 1868 – 15 May 1949) was a Salvadoran essayist, philosopher, politician, and journalist best known for the development of the philosophy of 'Vital Minimum' or 'Vitalismo' in Spanish. He was born in A ...

. Ambrogi's narrative was influenced by

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and Spanish American modernism and his stories are chronicles of all aspects of traditional peasant life in El Salvador. The son of an Italian immigrant, at 16 years old, he met the Nicaraguan poet

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. Working as a journalist, he traveled in his youth in Europe, South America and the Far East. On his travels he met Uruguayan writer

José Ingenieros José Ingenieros (born Giuseppe Ingegnieri, April 24, 1877October 31, 1925) was an Argentine physician, pharmacist, positivist philosopher and essayist. He was born in Palermo (Italy), and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School ...

. He received an elite training in literature to the point that he was arguably the best informed of his era in El Salvador. He never married or had children, although his brother Constantino Ambrogi Acosta settled in Nicaragua where their offspring have continued the literary tradition. He died in 1936 and was buried in the cemetery of the town of

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. Notable works include "Cuentos y Fantasías" (1895), "Máscaras, Manchas y Sensaciones" (1901), "El Libro del Trópico" (1907), "Sensaciones del Japón y de la China" (1915) and "

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" (1936).

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Salvadoran male writers Salvadoran novelists Male novelists Salvadoran journalists Male journalists 1874 births 1936 deaths People from San Salvador 19th-century Salvadoran writers 20th-century Salvadoran writers Salvadoran people of Italian descent {{ElSalvador-writer-stub