Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (November 2, 1935 – September 20, 2002) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
writer.
Biography
Kieffer was born on November 2, 1935 in
Esperanza, Santa Fe
Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It had about 36,000 inhabitants at the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department.
Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the countr ...
in Argentina.
He was the son of writer Luis Gudiño Kramer.
On his mother side, he is related to Argentinean painter
Sebastian Spreng
Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an Argentine-born American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
Biography
Sebastian Spreng was born on April 6, 1956 in Esperanza, S ...
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He was part of the
Latin American
Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their diasporas are multi-eth ...
literature boom of the 1960s. He graduated as a lawyer at the Universidad del Litoral in
Santa Fe but never practiced law.
He wrote novels, essays, short stories, children's books, scripts and theatre plays. He was also a renowned journalist. For many years he was a columnist for the Culture page of the newspaper La Nación.
His books have been translated into many languages.
He was also part of the jury in many literary contests. His main theme was
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, and he was named "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad" (Distinguished Citizen of Buenos Aires).
He was married to Beatriz Trento and later divorced, they had three children. He died in Buenos Aires on September 20, 2002.
Works
Novels
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Essays
*Short stories' collections: Fabulario (1960)
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*Manual para nativos pensantes (1985)
*A Buenos Aires (1986)
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Scripts
*Vení conmigo (1972)
*La hora de María y el pájaro de oro (1975)
*Desde el abismo (1980)
References
1935 births
2002 deaths
People from Esperanza, Santa Fe
Argentine male writers
Argentine people of German descent
Illustrious Citizens of Buenos Aires
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