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Argentine Writers
This is a list of Argentine literature, Argentine literary figures, including poets, novelists, children's writers, essayists, and scholars. A *Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1983) *Marcos Aguinis (born 1935) *César Aira (born 1949) *Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009) *Leonor Allende (1883-1931) *Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830-1880) *Juan Álvarez (historian), Juan Álvarez (1878–1954) *Mario Amadeo (1911–1983) *Federico Andahazi (born 1963) *Eduardo Angeloz (1931-2017) *José Arce (1881–1968) *Juan Argerich (1862–1924) *Roberto Arlt (1900–1942) *Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875) *Carlos Astrada (1894–1970) B *Odile Baron Supervielle (1915-2016) *Ángel Bonomini (1929-1994) *Eduardo Belgrano Rawson (born 1943) *Eduardo Berti (born 1964) *Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012) *Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999) *Poldy Bird (1941-2018) *Marcelo Birmajer (born 1966) *Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004) *Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013) *Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) *Miguel Brascó ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Literature
Argentine literature, i.e. the set of literary works produced by writers who originated from Argentina, is one of the most prolific, relevant and influential in the whole Spanish speaking world, with renowned writers such as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Leopoldo Lugones and Ernesto Sábato. History Origins As a matter of fact, the name of the country itself comes from a Latinism which first appeared in a literary source: Martin del Barco Centenera's epic poem ''La Argentina'' (1602). This composition runs 10.000 verses and describes the landscape as well as the conquest of the territory. The word was reintroduced in ''Argentina manuscrita'', a prose chronicle by Ruy Díaz de Guzmán. Argentine literature began around 1550 with the work of Matías Rojas de Oquendo and Pedro González de Prado (from Santiago del Estero, the first important urban settlement in Argentina), who wrote prose and poetry. They were partly inspired by oral aboriginal poetry—in particular, acco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Arce
José Arce (15 October 1881 – 27 July 1968) was an Argentine physician, politician and diplomat. He held the position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the Second special session of the United Nations General Assembly - between 16 April 1948 and 21 September 1948. Arce was born at the ''Estancia'' 'La Independencia' in Lobería and was baptised at Balcarce (full name Marcos Jose Arce). At just fifteen he began studying at the Medicine Faculty of the University of Buenos Aires, from which he graduated as a doctor in 1903 with the gold medal for his class. He became a surgeon and professor of Anatomy at the University at just 25 years old. He also was professor of Surgery and represented the country in 1907 at the Latin American Medical Congress in Montevideo. In 1909, Arce entered politics, becoming a city legislator of Buenos Aires until 1913, serving as chairman in 1912. Continuing his medical career, he was President of the Medical Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isidoro Blaisten
Isidoro Blaisten (January 12, 1933 – August 28, 2004) was an Argentine writer. Son of David Blaisten and Dora Gliclij, Blaisten was born in Concordia, Argentina. His family was among the many Argentine Jews who populated rural areas in Entre Ríos Province during the early 20th century. Although born with the surname Blaistein, he would later spell it Blaisten, even though his signature occasionally read Blaistein. He was a member of the ''Academia Argentine de Letras'' from 2001 until his death as well as a correspondent of the ''Real Academia Española The Royal Spanish Academy (, ; ) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with national language academies in 22 other Hispanopho ...'', mixing literature with his profession as a neighborhood bookseller after having been a publicist and child photographer. He collaborated with the magazine ''El escarabajo de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Birmajer
Marcelo Birmajer (born November 29, 1966, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Jewish author. He is the grandson of Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian and Syrian immigrants. He is best known for writing the screenplay of the 2004 film El abrazo partido. Birmajer's work usually revolves around the Porteño neighbourhood of Once and its colorful inhabitants. Most stories feature Jewish characters, and he frequently uses for them the names Javier, or Mordejai/Mordechai () depending on the character's level of religious observance. He also addresses Jewish issues such as synagogue attendance, Bar Mitzvahs, and the ever present alternative to immigrate to Israel. Other recurrent subjects are married life, especially in his series "Stories of married men" (), and the Argentine society and its crisis. Many of Birmajer's works have clear autobiographical lines, presenting a main character who is himself a writer. An important part of his bibliography, specially in his beginnings, is youth lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poldy Bird
Poldy Bird (16 December 1941 – 1 June 2018) was an Argentine writer and poet who contributed to several newspapers in Argentina and around the world. Life and works She was born in Paraná, in the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, but as a girl she lived in Buenos Aires. On 10 August 1949, when she was eight years old, her mother, Leopoldina Lichtschein, also a writer and poet, died in a train accident. This tragic episode marked Bird's life, but also signaled her destiny as a writer. At the age of thirteen she won a poetry contest. At the age of sixteen, she had already published her first short story, and the following year she began to publish, in a professional way, poems and texts in important magazines, both for Argentina and the world. Apart from producing texts aimed at children and young people, she worked as the director of the magazine ''Vosotras'', which she transformed into a well-known magazine for womanly publications. Bird was awarded several international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Adolfo Bioy Casares (; 15 September 1914 – 8 March 1999) was an Argentine fiction writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was a friend and frequent collaborator with his fellow countryman Jorge Luis Borges. He is the author of the Fantastique novel '' The Invention of Morel''. Biography Adolfo Bioy Casares was born on September 15, 1914, in Buenos Aires, the only child of Adolfo Bioy Domecq and Marta Ignacia Casares Lynch. He was born in Recoleta, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires traditionally inhabited by upper-class families, where he would reside the majority of his life. Due to his family's high social class, he was able to dedicate himself exclusively to literature and, at the same time, distinguish his work from the traditional literary medium of his time. He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of eleven. He began his secondary education in the Instituto Libre de Segunda Enseñanza at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Later, he started but did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Héctor Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti (; 18 March 1930 – 12 June 2012) was an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie Française. Biography Born Héctor Bianciotti (, ) in Calchín Oeste in Córdoba Province, Argentina, Bianciotti's parents were immigrants from Piedmont, who communicated among themselves in the language of that region but who forbade its use with their son. Instead, they spoke Spanish to him. Bianciotti began his study of French in 1945. He arrived in France in 1961 and completed his French naturalization in 1981. In 1982, he stopped writing in any language but French, his favourite. Bianciotti was elected to the Académie Française on 18 January 1996 to Seat 2, succeeding André Frossard. He died in Paris on 12 June 2012 at the age of 82. Honours and awards *Officer of the Légion d'honneur (''Legion of Honour'') *Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (''National Order of Merit'') *Prix Femina (1985) for ''Sans la miséricorde du Christ'' Bibliography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Berti
Eduardo Berti (1964) is an Argentine writer born in Buenos Aires. He has been living in Paris, France, since 1998. He also works as a cultural journalist. Biography His novel ''La mujer de Wakefield'', a re-write of Nathaniel Hawthorne's ''Wakefield'' from '' Twice-Told Tales'', was voted one of the "books of the year" by the Times Literary Supplement (UK). It was also selected for the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, and its French translation (''Mme Wakefield'') was short-listed for the prestigious Prix Fémina. His latest novel, ''Todos los Funes'', was a finalist for the Spanish ''Premio Herralde'' award. Berti's books, originally published in Argentina and Spain, have been translated into English (Pushkin Press, UK), Korean and Japanese (Schinchosa), Portuguese (Temas e Debates) and French (Actes Sud and Grasset). His translations from English into Spanish include ''With Borges'' (by Alberto Manguel), ''The Sandglass'' (Romesh Gunesekera), ''American Notebooks, a selection'' (Natha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Belgrano Rawson
Eduardo Belgrano Rawson is a writer born in 1943 in San Luis, Argentina. He has published several novels and a collection of short stories. Career In 1961 at the age of 18, Belgrano Rawson moved to Buenos Aires to study film. As well as studying cinema he became a journalist and wrote screenplays and 'historietas', (a type of Argentine comic which was popular at the time) under a pseudonym. He published his first novel "No se turbe vuestro corazón" in 1974 and "El náufrago de las estrellas" in 1979. He then made a series of journeys to Tierra del Fuego on foot and horseback over the next decade. These were to influence his next work "Fuegia", a novel published in 1991 which tells the story of a family of indigenous people who inhabited the area at the beginning of the 20th century. He has been awarded several prizes in his native Argentina and his works have been published in Latin America, Spain, Italy, Germany, France and the UK. Work * 1974 "No se turbe vuestro corazón ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Bonomini
Ángel Bonomini (13 October 1929 – 13 May 1994) was an Argentine short story writer, poet, and translator, best known for his novella '' The Novices of Lerna''. Biography Bonomini was born in Buenos Aires on 13 October 1929. At the age of 18, he published his first collection of poetry, ''Primera enunciación'', in the magazine '' Sur''. In 1952, alongside María Elena Walsh, his then-girlfriend, published the poetry collection ''Argumento del enamorado. Báladas con Ángel''. From 1955 to 1961, he was an editor of ''LIFE'' magazine, where he translated texts into Spanish. He was an art critic for the Argentine monthly ''Panorama'' between 1968 and 1970, and for ''La Nación'' between 1970 and 1978. His most well-known story is ''The Novices of Lerna'', published in 1972 in a short story collection of the same name, which was praised by Borges and Bioy Casares. He won a Fulbright Grant in 1974 and the Konex Award in 1984 and 1994. Despite praise during his lifetime, Bonomini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile Baron Supervielle
Odile Baron Supervielle (May 1, 1915October 25, 2016) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist. A pioneer of women journalists in Argentina, she was director of the literary supplement of the newspaper ''La Nación''. Biography Odile Baron Supervielle was born in Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ..., Uruguay, May 1, 1915. She was the fourth of the six children of the French banker Etienne Baron Lamothe and the Uruguayan Ana Supervielle Munyo. Odile's siblings were Santiago, Andrés, Victoria, Susana and Colette. She is the niece and goddaughter of Jules Supervielle. Other relations include: Susana Baron Supervielle, Ana Baron Supervielle, Silvia Baron Supervielle, Gloria Alcorta, and Oliverio Girondo. Baron Supervielle was a writer and jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Astrada
Carlos Astrada (February 26, 1894 – December 23, 1970) was an Argentine philosopher. Astrada was born in Córdoba. He completed his secondary school studies at the Colegio Nacional de Monserrat in Córdoba, and his university studies in law at the National University of Córdoba. His 1926 essay "The Epistemological Problem in Philosophy", earned an Astrada scholarship to Germany. He studied at the Universities of Cologne, Bonn, and Freiburg, under Max Scheler, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Oskar Becker during his four years there. When he returned to Argentina from Germany, Astrada was designated the head of Publications and Conferences in the Social Institute of the University of Litoral (1933–1934). There he began a vast career in distinct academic functions of the country: he was an adjunct professor of The History of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy in the School of Philosophy and Letter in the University of Buenos Aires (1936–1947); Professor of Ethics in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
