Alfredo Varela (24 September 191425 February 1984) was an Argentinian writer. A communist, he won the

Lenin Peace Prize The International Lenin Peace Prize (russian: международная Ленинская премия мира, ''mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira)'' was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin. It was awarded by a pane ...

1970-1971 and was awarded with the

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...

by the

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. His most famous novel was ''The Dark River'' (Spanish: ''Río oscuro''; German: ''Die Matepflücker oder der dunkle Fluß''), adapted into a film by his friend

Hugo del Carril Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...

in 1952 as '' Las aguas bajan turbias''. He was born in

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in 1914. He started as a journalist in '' Crítica'' newspaper. He was jailed many times due to his communist activities.

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