Héctor Alberto Álvarez (1923–1975), better known under his pen name of H. A. Murena, was an

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writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He wrote over twenty books on various topics, and was an important disseminator of German thought into the Spanish-speaking world. He is perhaps best remembered for ''Las Leyes de la Noche'' (1958), translated into English as ''The Laws of the Night''. In addition to his books, Murena was a contributor to the Argentinian literary review ''

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'', and to Argentinian newspaper '' La Nación''. Murena was married to Argentine author Sara Gallardo from 1970 until his death in 1975.

Works

*First Testament (''Primer testamento''), 1946 *Fragments of the secret annals (''Fragmentos de los anales secretos''), 1948 *The fate of the bodies ('' La fatalidad de los cuerpos''), 1955 *Homo Atomicus (''Homo atómicus''), 1962 *Essays on subversion (''Ensayos sobre subversión''), 1962 *The original sin of

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(''El pecado original de América''), 1965 *The secret name (''El nombre secreto''), 1969 *Epitalámica, 1969 *The prison of the mind (''La cárcel de la mente''), 1971 *Metaphor and the sacred (''La metáfora y lo sagrado''), 1973

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alvarez, Hector Alberto 1923 births 1975 deaths Argentine male writers