This is a list of Argentine literary figures, including

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Diego Abad de Santillán Diego Abad de Santillán (20 May 1897 – 18 October 1983), also known as his born name Sinesio Baudilio García Fernández, was an anarcho-syndicalist activist and economist. Selected works * ''After the Revolution: Economic Reconstructi ...

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Marcos Aguinis Marcos Aguinis (born 13 January 1935) is an Argentine writer. Trained in medical studies, music and psychoanalysis, his work and his thoughts are focused on the notions of independence, democracy and rejection of authoritarianism. He is a propon ...

(born 1935) *

César Aira César Aira ( Argentine Spanish: ; born 23 February 1949 in Coronel Pringles, Buenos Aires Province) is an Argentinian writer and translator, and an exponent of contemporary Argentinian literature. Aira has published over a hundred short book ...

(born 1949) * Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009) * Marcelina Almeida (ca. 1830-1880) *

Juan Álvarez Juan Nepomuceno Álvarez Hurtado de Luna, generally known as Juan Álvarez, (27 January 1790 – 21 August 1867) was a general, long-time caudillo (regional leader) in southern Mexico, and president of Mexico for two months in 1855, following ...

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Mario Amadeo Mario Octavio Amadeo (11 January 1911 – 19 March 1983Philip Rees, ''Biographical Dictionary of the Extreme Right Since 1890'', Simon & Schuster, 1990, p. 9) was an Argentine conservative nationalist politician, diplomat and writer who served as ...

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Federico Andahazi Federico Andahazi (born June 6, 1963) is an Argentine writer and psychologist. Biography Federico Andahazi was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Congreso, a very central neighborhood of the city. He is the son of Bela Andahazi, an aristocratic ...

(born 1963) * Eduardo Angeloz (1931-2017) *

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 As ...

(1881–1968) * Juan Argerich (1862–1924) *

Roberto Arlt Roberto Arlt (April 26, 1900 – July 26, 1942) was an Argentine novelist, storyteller, playwright, journalist and inventor. Biography He was born Roberto Godofredo Christophersen Arlt in Buenos Aires on April 26, 1900. His parents were bo ...

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Hilario Ascasubi Hilario Ascasubi (1807 – November 17, 1875) was an Argentine poet, politician and diplomat. He played an active role in the resistance to the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas. Ascasubi was also a prominent figure in gaucho literature. ...

(1807–1875) * Carlos Astrada (1894–1970)

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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 ...

(1915-2016) * Eduardo Belgrano Rawson (born 1943) * Eduardo Berti (born 1964) * Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012) *

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 Fa ...

(1914–1999) * Poldy Bird (1941-2018) *

Marcelo Birmajer Marcelo Birmajer (born November 29, 1966 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine Jewish author. The grandson of Romanian, Polish, Lithuanian and Syrian immigrants. Best known for writing the script for the 2004 film El abrazo partido. Birmajer's wo ...

(born 1966) * Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004) * Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013) *

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

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Miguel Brascó Miguel Brascó (14 September 1926 – 10 May 2014) was an Argentine writer, poet and translator, humorist, cartoonist, editor, critic who is a specialist in wine and gourmet Gourmet (, ) is a cultural idea associated with the culinary arts of ...

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Edgar Brau Edgar Brau is an Argentine writer, stage director and artist. Biography Edgar Brau was born in Argentina. He engaged in different occupations: he was an actor, a stage director, a painter of icons, a photographer, until he completely devoted ...

(born 1958) * Esteban Lucas Bridges (1874–1949) * Delfina Bunge (1881–1952)

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Facundo Cabral Facundo Cabral (birth name Rodolfo Enrique Cabral Camiñas) (May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011) was an Argentine singer, songwriter and philosopher. He was best known as the composer of ''"No soy de aquí ni soy de allá"'' ("I'm not from here no ...

(1937–2011) * Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978) *

Pilar Calveiro Pilar Calveiro (born 7 September 1953) is an Argentine political scientist, a doctor of political science residing in Mexico. She was exiled to that country after having been kidnapped at the Navy Petty-Officers School of Mechanics (ESMA) during ...

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Eugenio Cambaceres Eugenio Cambaceres (1843–1888) was an Argentine writer and politician. In the 1880s he wrote four books, with ''Sin rumbo'' (1885) being his masterpiece. His promising literary career was cut short when he died of tuberculosis. Biograph ...

(1834–1880) * Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880) *

José María del Campo José María del Campo (1826, Monteros, Tucumán Province – April 11, 1884, San Miguel de Tucumán) was an Argentine priest and Unitarian Party Unitarianists or Unitarians (in Spanish, ''Unitarios'') were the proponents of the concept o ...

(1826–1884) * Martín Caparrós (born 1957) * Ramón J. Cárcano (1860–1946) * Andrés Manuel Carretero (1927-2004) * Evaristo Carriego (1883–1912) * Leonardo Castellani (1889–1981) *

Abelardo Castillo Abelardo Castillo (March 27, 1935 – May 2, 2017) was an Argentine writer, novelist, essayist, diarist, born in the city of San Pedro, Buenos Aires. He practised amateur boxing in his youth. He also directed the literary magazines ''El Escarab ...

(1935-2017) * Nelson Castro (born 1955) * Haroldo Conti (born 1925, disappeared 1976) * Copi (1939–1987) * Julio Cortázar (1914–1984) * Roberto Cossa (born 1934) * Agustín Cuzzani (1924–1987)

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* Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013) *

Marco Denevi Marco Denevi (May 12, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine author of novels and short stories, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His work is characterized by its originality and depth, as well as a criticism of human incompetence. His ...

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Antonio Di Benedetto Antonio di Benedetto (2 November 1922 – 10 October 1986) was an Argentine novelist, short story writer and journalist. Career Di Benedetto began writing and publishing stories in his adolescence, inspired by the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky an ...

(1922–1986) * Adelia Di Carlo (1883-1965), Argentine writer, chronicler, founder * Osvaldo Dragún (1929–1999) *

Alicia Dujovne Ortiz Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born in 1940) is an Argentine journalist and author. Biography Dujovne Ortiz was born in Buenos Aires. She is Jewish. She earned a degree in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Buenos Aires and contributed to num ...

(born 1940) * León Dujovne (1898-1984)

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Esteban Echeverría José Esteban Antonio Echeverría (2 September 1805 – 19 January 1851) was an Argentine poet, fiction writer, cultural promoter, and liberal activist who played a significant role in the development of Argentine literature, not only throu ...

(1805–1851) * José Ricardo Eliaschev (1945–2014)

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Sara Facio Sara Facio (born 18 April 1932) is an Argentine photographer. She is best known for having photographed, along with Alicia D'Amico, various cultural personalities, including Argentine writers Julio Cortázar, María Elena Walsh and Alejandr ...

(born 1932) * María Inés Falconi (born 1954) *

José Pablo Feinmann José Pablo Feinmann (29 March 1943 – 17 December 2021) was an Argentine philosopher, writer, playwright, and television host. He also penned several screenplays for domestic film production and international coproductions. Born to Abraham a ...

(1943–2021) * Macedonio Fernández (1874–1952) * Juan Filloy (1894–2000) *

Fogwill Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (July 15, 1941 – August 21, 2010), who normally went only by his surname, Fogwill, was an Argentina, Argentine short story writer, novelist, and businessman. He was a distant relative of the novelist Charles Langbridg ...

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Roberto Fontanarrosa Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as ''El Negro'' Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer. During his extended career, Fontanarrosa became one of the m ...

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Juan Forn Juan Forn (November 5, 1959 – June 20, 2021) was an Argentine writer, translator, and editor. He wrote four novels (''Corazones cautivos más arriba'', 1987, ''Frivolidad'', 1995, ''Puras mentiras'', and ''María Domecq'', 2007), a compilation ...

(1959–2021) * Rodrigo Fresán (born 1963) *

Rogelio Julio Frigerio Rogelio Julio Frigerio (November 2, 1914 – September 13, 2006) was an Argentine economist, journalist and politician. Background and early career Rogelio Frigerio was born in Buenos Aires in 1914 to Gerónimo Frigerio, an Italian immigra ...

(1914–2006)

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Manuel Gálvez Manuel Gálvez (18 July 1882 – 14 November 1962) was an Argentine novelist, poet, essayist, historian and biographer. Early years Gálvez, a member of one of the leading patrician families of Entre Ríos Province, was educated by the Jesuits bef ...

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Griselda Gambaro Griselda Gambaro (born 24 July 1928) is an Argentine writer, whose novels, plays, short stories, story tales, essays and novels for teenagers often concern the political violence in her home country that would develop into the Dirty War. One recu ...

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Juan Gelman Juan Gelman (3 May 1930 – 14 January 2014) was an Argentine poet. He published more than twenty books of poetry between 1956 and his death in early 2014. He was a naturalized citizen of Mexico, country where he arrived as a political exile of th ...

(1930–2014) * Jordán Bruno Genta (1909–1974) *

Alberto Gerchunoff Alberto Gerchunoff (January 1, 1883 – March 2, 1950), was an Argentine writer born in the Russian Empire, in the city of Proskuriv, now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. Biography His family emigrated in 1889 to the Argentinian Jewish agricultural colony ...

(1883–1949) * Oliverio Girondo (1891–1967) * Betina Gonzalez (born 1972) *

Clotilde González de Fernández Clotilde González de Fernández ( Clotilde Mercedes González; married name Clotilde Mercedes González de Fernández Ramos;"Homenaje a doña Clotilde González de Fernández Ramos". ''Diario Primera Edición''. www.primeraedicionweb.com.ar. (in S ...

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Angélica Gorodischer Angélica Gorodischer (28 July 1928 – 5 February 2022) was an Argentine writer who was known for her short stories, which belong to a wide variety of genres, including science-fiction, fantasy, crime and stories with a feminist perspective. ...

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Juana Manuela Gorriti Juana Manuela Gorriti (July 15, 1818 – November 6, 1892) was an Argentina, Argentine writer with extensive political and literary links to Bolivia and Peru. She held the position of First Ladies and Gentlemen of Bolivia, First Lady of Bolivia ...

(1818–1892) * Andrew Graham-Yooll (1944-2019) *

Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin Amer ...

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Paul Groussac Paul-François Groussac (February 15, 1848 – June 27, 1929) was a French-born Argentine writer, literary critic, historian, and librarian. Biography Groussac was born in Toulouse to Pierre Groussac, the scion of an old Languedocian family, ...

(1848–1929) * Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (1935–2002) *

Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quot ...

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Ricardo Güiraldes Ricardo Güiraldes (13 February 1886 — 8 October 1927)Escuela Normal Superior de Chascomús was an Argentine novelist and poet, one of the most significant Argentine writers of his era, particularly known for his 1926 novel ''Don Segundo Sombra' ...

(1886–1927) * Eduardo Gutiérrez (1851–1889) * Juan María Gutiérrez (1809–1878)

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* José Ignacio García Hamilton (1943–2009) *

Iosi Havilio Iosi Havilio (born 1974 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentina, Argentine author. He's the son of Yugoslav-Argentine actor Harry Havilio. Life and career His first novel, ''Open Door'' was published in Buenos Aires in 2006. The novel tells the story of ...

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Liliana Heker Liliana Heker (born 1943) is an Argentine writer. She wrote and edited left-wing literary journals during the Dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s, using veiled critiques as a means of protest and engaging in vigorous debate with exiled writers su ...

(born 1943) * José Rafael Hernández y Pueyrredón (1834–1886) * José Hernández (1834–1886) * Miguel Hesayne (1922–2019) *

Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (27 July 1852, in Buenos Aires – 4 November 1937) was an Argentine natural historian and novelist, one of the leading figures in Argentine biology. Together with Florentino Ameghino he undertook the inventory of ...

(1852–1937) * Guillermo Enrique Hudson (1841–1922)

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Carlos Ibarguren Carlos Ibarguren Uriburu (April 18, 1877 – April 3, 1956) was an Argentine academic, historian and politician. As a writer he was noted as one of the foremost academics of the history of Argentina as well as a leading expert on constitutiona ...

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José Ingenieros José Ingenieros (born Giuseppe Ingegnieri, April 24, 1877October 31, 1925) was an Argentine physician, pharmacist, positivist philosopher and essayist. He was born in Palermo (Italy), and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires School ...

(1877–1925) * Sylvia Iparraguirre (born 1947) *

Julio Irazusta Julio Alberto Gustavo Irazusta (23 July 1899 - 5 May 1982) was an Argentine writer and politician who was one of the leading lights of the nationalist movement of the 1920s and 1930s. He collaborated closely with his older brother Rodolfo Irazus ...

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Arturo Jauretche Arturo Martín Jauretche (Lincoln, Buenos Aires, November 13, 1901 – Buenos Aires, May 25, 1974) was an Argentine writer, politician, and philosopher. Early years Jauretche spent his childhood and adolescence in the city of Lincoln befor ...

(1901–1974) * Noé Jitrik (born 1928)

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Joseph Kessel Joseph Kessel (10 February 1898 – 23 July 1979), also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Biography Kessel was born to a Jewish family in ...

) (1898-1979) * Alicia Kozameh (born 1953)

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María Hortensia Lacau María Hortensia Lacau (October 30, 1910January 12, 2006) was an Argentine pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, and teacher. Dedicated to teaching and pedagogy, she was a teacher at the secondary, tertiary and university levels. She taught at Colegi ...

(1910-2006), Argentine pedagogue, writer, essayist, poet, educator * Leónidas Lamborghini (1927–2009) * Osvaldo Lamborghini (1940–1985) * Jorge Lanata (born 1960) * Héctor Libertella (1945–2006) * Gloria Lisé (born 1961) *

Leopoldo Lugones Leopoldo Antonio Lugones Argüello (13 June 1874 – 18 February 1938) was an Argentine poet, essayist, novelist, playwright, historian, professor, translator, biographer, philologist, theologian, diplomat, politician and journalist. His poetic ...

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Benito Lynch Benito Lynch (25 July 1885 - 23 December 1951) was an Argentine novelist and short story writer. Biography Lynch was born in Buenos Aires. He came from a family of Irish origin who settled in the Río de la Plata region since the 18th century. T ...

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Tomás Maldonado Tomás Maldonado (25 April 1922 – 26 November 2018) was an Argentine painter, designer and thinker, considered one of the main theorists of design theory of the legendary Ulm Model, a design philosophy developed during his tenure (1954–1967) ...

(1922-2018) * Eduardo Mallea (1903–1982) * Francis Mallmann (born 1956) *

Leopoldo Marechal Leopoldo Marechal (June 11, 1900 – June 26, 1970) was one of the most important Argentine writers of the twentieth century. Biographical notes Born in Buenos Aires into a family of French and Spanish descent, Marechal became a primary sch ...

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José Mármol José Mármol (1818 – 1871) was an Argentine journalist, politician, librarian, and writer of the Romantic school. Biography Born in Buenos Aires, he initially studied law, but abandoned his studies in favor of politics. In 1839, no soon ...

(1818–1871) * Guillermo Martínez (born 1962) *

Tomás Eloy Martínez Tomás Eloy Martínez (July 16, 1934January 31, 2010) was an Argentine journalist and writer. Life and work He was born on July 16, 1934 in San Miguel de Tucumán and is generally considered an influential and innovative figure in Latin America ...

(1934–2010) * Ezequiel Martínez Estrada (1895–1964) * Carlos Mastronardi (1901–1976) * Gaby Melian (born 1969/1970) * Hugo Midón (1944–2011) * Emilio F. Mignone (1922–1998) * Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906) * Fray Mocho (José Seferino Álvarez) (1858–1903) *

Graciela Montes Graciela Montes (born 1947) is an Argentine writer and translator. Born in Buenos Aires, she graduated from the University of Buenos Aires. The author of numerous books for children and young adults, she has also written a number of books for grown ...

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Eduardo Montes-Bradley Eduardo Montes-Bradley is a documentary filmmaker. His most recent works are ''Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor'' and ''Black Fiddlers''. Life Montes-Bradley first appeared mentioned in Margareta Vinterheden's ''Man maste ju leva', Swe ...

(born 1960) * Manuel Mujica Láinez (1910–1984) * H. A. Murena (1923–1975)

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* Andrés Neuman (born 1977) * José Narosky (born 1930)

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Rafael Obligado Rafael Obligado (27 January 1851 – 8 March 1920) was an Argentine poet and playwright. Obligado was the son of María Jacinta Ortiz Urién and Luis Obligado y Saavedra. During the 1880s, he became known as ''el poeta del Paraná'' (the poet of ...

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Luis Moreno Ocampo Luis Moreno OcampoMoreno Ocampo's surnames are often hyphenated in English-language media to mark Moreno as a surname, not a given name. (born 4 June 1952) is an Argentine lawyer who served as the first Prosecutor of the International Criminal Co ...

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Silvina Ocampo Silvina Ocampo (28 July 1903 – 14 December 1993) was an Argentine short story writer, poet, and artist. Ocampo's friend and collaborator Jorge Luis Borges called Ocampo "one of the greatest poets in the Spanish language, whether on this side o ...

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Victoria Ocampo Ramona Victoria Epifanía Rufina Ocampo (7 April 1890 – 27 January 1979) was an Argentine writer and intellectual. Best known as an advocate for others and as publisher of the literary magazine '' Sur'', she was also a writer and critic in he ...

(1890–1979) * Héctor Germán Oesterheld (born 1919; disappeared and presumed dead 1977) * Sergio Olguín (born 1967) *

Andrés Oppenheimer Andrés Oppenheimer (born in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is the editor and syndicated foreign affairs columnist with ''The Miami Herald,'' anchor of "Oppenheimer Presenta" on CNN En Español, and author of seven books, several of which have been pu ...

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Olga Orozco Olga Orozco (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1999) (real name Olga Noemí Gugliotta Orozco) was an Argentine poet. She was a recipient of the FIL Award. Biography She was born in Toay, La Pampa, to Carmelo Gugliotta, a Sicilian from Capo d'Orland ...

(1920–1999) * Elvira Orphée (1922-2018) * Juan L. Ortiz (1896–1978)

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Adrián Paenza Adrián Arnoldo Paenza (born 9 May 1949) is an Argentine journalist and PhD in mathematical sciences from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1949 and holds a doctorate in mathematics from the Univers ...

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Alicia Partnoy Alicia Mabel Partnoy (born 1955 in Bahía Blanca, Argentina) is a human rights activist, poet, college professor, and translator. After Argentinian President Juan Perón died, the students from the left of the Justicialist Party, Peronist politica ...

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Josefina Passadori Josefina Passadori (5 April 1900 – 13 December 1987) was an Italian- Argentine academic, educator, and writer. She published several textbooks as well as poetry under the pen name Fröken Thelma. Biography Passadori was born in Mezzanino ...

(1900-1987) * Roberto Payró (1867-1928) *

José María Paz Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo (September 9, 1791 – October 22, 1854) was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil Wars. Childhood Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son ...

(1791-1854) * Luisa Peluffo (born 1941) * Néstor Perlongher (1949–1992) *

Ricardo Piglia Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941 in Adrogué, Argentina – January 6, 2017 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public. Biography Born in Adrogué, Pigli ...

(1941-2017) * Felipe Pigna (born 1959) *

Claudia Piñeiro Claudia Piñeiro (born 1960) is an Argentine novelist and screenwriter, best known for her crime and mystery novels, most of which became best sellers in Argentina. She was born in Burzaco, Buenos Aires province. She has won numerous literary p ...

(born 1960) * Alejandra Pizarnik (1936-1972) * Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) *

Juan Carlos Portantiero Juan Carlos Portantiero (9 August 1934 – 9 March 2007) was an Argentine sociologist. He specialized in the study of the works of Antonio Gramsci. With José Aricó and other intellectuals, he was in charge of the magazine '' Pasado y Presente ...

(1934-2007) * Abel Posse (born 1934) *

Manuel Puig Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), commonly called Manuel Puig, was an Argentine author. Among his best-known novels are '' La traición de Rita Hayworth'' (''Betrayed by Rita Hayworth'', 1968), ''Boquitas pint ...

(1932-1990) * Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941)

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* Rodolfo Rabanal (1940–2020) * María Cristina Ramos (born 1952) * Patricia Ratto (born 1962) *

Silvina Reinaudi Silvina Reinaudi (born 12 March 1942) is an Argentine children's literature writer and puppeteer, best known for her numerous plays with puppets presented in Argentina and Spain. Early life Silvina Reinaudi was born and raised in Río Cuarto, but ...

(born 1942) * Andrés Rivera (1928-2016) * Jorge B. Rivera (1935–2004) * Mario Rodríguez Cobos (1938–2010) * Arturo Andrés Roig (1922–2012) * Ricardo Rojas (1882–1957) * Viviana Rivero (born 1966)

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Ernesto Sábato Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter and physicist. According to the BBC he "won some of the most prestigious prizes in Hispanic literature" and "became very influential in the literary wo ...

(1911-2011) * Carlos Alberto Sacheri (1933-1974) * :es:Eduardo Sacheri (born 1967) *

Juan José Saer Juan José Saer ( Serodino, Santa Fe, Argentina, June 28, 1937Paris, France, June 11, 2005) was an Argentine writer, considered one of the most important in Latin American literature and in Spanish-language literature of the 20th century. He is ...

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Beatriz Sarlo Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942) is an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was also founding editor of the cultural journal '' Punto de Vista'' ("Point of View"). She became an Order of Cultural Merit laureate in 2009. Biography Beatriz Sarlo ...

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Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing s ...

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Juan José Sebreli Juan José Pérez Sebreli (; born 3 November 1930) is an Argentine sociologist, essayist and philosopher. Throughout his intellectual work, he concentrated on the notions of reason, city and everyday life. Life Inspired by Gay Power movement ...

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Ana María Shua Ana María Shua (born 1951) is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in microfiction. Shua has published over eighty books in numerous genres including novels, short stories, microfiction, poetry, drama, children's lit ...

(born 1951) * Silo (pen name of Mario Rodríguez Cobos) (1938-2010) *

Osvaldo Soriano Osvaldo Soriano (January 6, 1943 – January 29, 1997) was an Argentine journalist and writer.Osvaldo Soriano
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(1943-1997) * Alicia Steimberg (1933-2012) *

Alfonsina Storni Alfonsina Storni (22 May 1892 – 25 October 1938) was an Argentine poet and playwright of the modernist period. Early life Storni was born on May 29, 1892 in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland. Her parents were Alfonso Storni and Paola Martignoni, who ...

(1892-1938) * Víctor Sueiro (1943-2007)

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Jacobo Timerman Jacobo Timerman (6 January 1923 – 11 November 1999), was a Soviet-born Argentine publisher, journalist, and author, who is most noted for his confronting and reporting the atrocities of the Argentine military regime's Dirty War during a perio ...

(1923-1999) * Héctor Tizón (1929-2012) * Raymunda Torres y Quiroga (?-?), 19th-century Argentine writer and women's rights activist

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* Paco Urondo (1930–1976)

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Luisa Valenzuela Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born 26 November 1938) is a post-'Boom' novelist and short story writer. Her writing is characterized by an experimental style which questions hierarchical social structures from a feminist perspective. She may be bes ...

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Horacio Verbitsky Horacio Verbitsky (born February 11, 1942) is an Argentine investigative journalist and author with a history as a leftist guerrilla in the Montoneros. In the early 1990s, he reported on a series corruption scandals in the administration of Pre ...

(born 1942) * Eliseo Verón (1935–2014) * David Viñas (1927–2011)

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* María Elena Walsh (1930–2011) *

Rodolfo Walsh Rodolfo Jorge Walsh (January 9, 1927 – March 25, 1977) was an Argentine writer and journalist of Irish descent, considered the founder of investigative journalism. He is most famous for his '' Open Letter from a Writer to the Military Junta'', w ...

(1927–1977) * Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (1919–1978)

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* Raúl Zaffaroni (born 1940)

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