Ricardo Rojas (16 September 1882, in

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– 29 July 1957, in

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) was an

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writer, including journalist, and educator.

Biography

Rojas came from one of the most influential families of the

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; his father was Absalón Rojas, who was governor of the province. He moved to Buenos Aires to further his education, later becoming rector of the

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from 1926 to 1930. He was also the director of the Institute of Petroleum (see Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales).

Works

* ''Victoria del Hombre'' (1903) * ''El país de la Selva'' (1907) * ''Cartas de Europa'' (1908) * ''El Alma Española'' (1908) * ''Cosmópolis'' (1908) * ''La Restauración Nacionalista'' (1909) * ''Bibliografía de Sarmiento'' (1911) * ''Los Lises del Blasón'' (1911) * ''Blasón de Plata'' (1912) * ''Archivo Capitular de Jujuy'' (1913/1944) * ''La Universidad de Tucumán'' (1915) * ''La Argentinidad'' (1916) * ''Poesías de Cervantes'' (1916) * ''Historia de la literatura argentina'', 8 volumes * ''Los Arquetipos'' (1922) * ''Poesías'' (1923) * ''Facultad de Filosofía y Letras'' (1924) * ''Discursos'' (1924) * ''Eurindia'' (1924) * ''La Guerra de las Naciones'' (1924) * ''Las Provincias'' (1927) * ''El Cristo Invisible'' (1927) * ''Elelín'' (1929) * ''Discursos del Rector'' (1930) * ''Silabario de la Decoración Americana'' (1930) * ''La Historia de las Escuelas'' (1930) * ''Memoria del Rector'' (1930) * ''El Radicalismo de Mañana'' (1932) * ''El Santo de la Espada'' (1933) * ''Cervantes'' (1935) * ''Retablo Español'' (1938) * ''Un Titán de los Andes'' (1939) * ''Ollantay'' (1939) * ''El Pensamiento vivo de Sarmiento'' (1941) * ''Archipiélago'' (1942) * ''La Salamanca'' (1943) * ''El Profeta de la Pampa'' (1945) * ''La Entrevista de Guayaquil'' (1947) * ''La Victoria del Hombre y otros cantos'' (1951) * ''Ensayo de crítica histórica sobre Episodios de la vida internacional Argentina'' (1951) * ''Oda Latina'' (1954)

References

External links

Biography of Ricardo Rojas

Ricardo Rojas and the Emergence of Argentine Cultural Nationalism
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rojas, Ricardo 1882 births 1957 deaths 20th-century Argentine educators 20th-century Argentine journalists 20th-century Argentine male writers Argentine male journalists Journalists from Buenos Aires People from San Miguel de Tucumán Rectors of the University of Buenos Aires Writers from Buenos Aires