Pablo Rojas Paz (June 26, 1896 - October 1, 1956) was an

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writer born in Tucumán. He published essays, poetry, short stories, novels and biographies. For his short story collection ''El patio de la noche'' (''Night's Playground'') he was awarded with the National Prize of Literature, in 1940. Along with fellow writers

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and

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, he founded the

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magazine, in 1924.

Selected works

*''Paisajes y meditaciones'' (1924) (essays) *''La metáfora y el mundo'' (1926) (essays) *''Arlequín'' (1927) (short stories) *''El perfil de nuestra expresión'' (1929) (essays) *''Hombres grises, montañas azules'' (1930) (novel) *''Hasta aquí nomás'' (1936) (novel) *''El patio de la noche'' (1940) (short stories) *''Alberdi, el ciudadano de la soledad'' (1940) (non-fiction) *''Biografía de Buenos Aires'' (1943) (non-fiction) *''Cada cual y su mundo'' (1944) (essays) *''El arpa remendada'' (1944) (short stories) *''Campo argentino'' (1944) (short stories) *''Raíces al cielo'' (1945) (novel) *''Hombre y momentos de la diplomacia'' (1946) (short stories) *''Los cocheros de San Blas'' (1950) (novel) *''Echeverría, pastor de soledades'' (1952) (non-fiction) *''Mármoles bajo la lluvia'' (1954) (novel) *''El canto en la llanura'' (1955) (essays) *''Simón Bolívar'' (1955) (non-fiction) *''Lo pánico y lo cósmico'' (1957) (essays) 1896 births Argentine male essayists Argentine male novelists Argentine male short story writers 1956 deaths People from San Miguel de Tucumán 20th-century Argentine novelists 20th-century Argentine short story writers 20th-century Argentine essayists 20th-century Argentine male writers {{Argentina-writer-stub