Carlos Alberto Leumann (1886–1952) was an

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, teacher, and

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. He wrote essays on

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and

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, and was the director of the literary supplement in

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. His poems have been published in

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. Leumann was born in

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on the 17 of August, 1886, to strict

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parents who disliked that he wrote. At age six he was

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ed, and at age 17 he graduated from the

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. He then became a professor in

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. During 1916 Leumann was

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of ''La Nota'', a literary magazine created and directed by Emin Arslan. In 1927 he published his first widely read work of fiction in La Nación. In 1936 he married, but had no children. He was a friend of

Enrique Banchs Enrique Banchs (1888–1968) was an Argentine poet. He published all his work in the space of four years at the beginning of the 20th century. In his four works, ''Las barcas'' (1907), ''El libro de los elogios'' (1908), ''El cascabel del halcón ...

. He died on June 17, 1952, in

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Works

*El libro de la duda y los cantos ingenuos (Poesía 1909) *El novicio (Obra de Teatro 1918) *Nieve : versos (Poema 1919) *Adriana Zumarán (Novela 1921) *La vida victoriosa (Novela 1922) *El empresario del genio (Novela 1926) *Trasmundo : novela de otra vida (Novela 1930) *El país del relámpago (Cuento 1932) *Los gauchos a pie (Novela-1938) *El poeta creador : cómo hizo Hernández 'la vuelta de Martín Fierro' (1945) *El poeta creador (Ensayo 1945) *Una excursión alos indios ranqueles (1949) *Paisaje y alma del campo argentino (1952)

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* * 1886 births 1952 deaths Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery 20th-century Argentine poets 20th-century Argentine male writers Argentine male poets People from Santa Fe, Argentina University of Buenos Aires alumni {{Argentina-poet-stub