Manuel Baldomero Ugarte (27 February 1875 – 2 December 1951) was an

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writer and member of the Argentinian

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Biography

Manuel Baldomero Ugarte was born in San José de Flores, now part of the city of

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, on 27 February 1875. His father was Floro Ugarte, and his mother was Sabina Rivero. His only brother, Floro Melitón Ugarte, born nine years later, was a music composer and director of the famous

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in Buenos Aires. Manuel Ugarte spent all his life supporting the unity of Hispanic America. He preached nationalist anti-imperialism and

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with socialist touches throughout the

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and

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. His public life began alongside Lugones, Payró, Gerchunoff, Galvez, and Ingenieros. He founded ''La revista literaria'', which, among others, published the works of

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and

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, R. Blanco Fombona,

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, José Vasconscelos, Blanca Luz Brum, and many others, can be considered his friends and correspondents. As the leader of the Socialist Party in Argentina, he represented it in various congresses of the Socialist

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organization at the beginning of the 20th century. When he left socialism, he was a fervent neutralist during World War I. General Perón named him ambassador to Mexico in 1946. He later served as ambassador to

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and

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. These nominations, which came close to his death, were the only recognition he received in his country. He lived many years in Paris,

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, and Valparaíso, Chile. He died in Nice in 1951. During his life, he visited every single capital city of Latin America to "get to know better the region he has committed his life to defend ."He gave speeches in every country of Ibero-America and also in some cities of the United States, Spain, and France.

Honors

A street in the

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neighborhood of Buenos Aires is named after him.

Publications

Among his books are: * ''El porvenir de América Latina'' * ''Vendimias juveniles'' * ''El destino de un continente'' * ''Cuentos de la Pampa'' * ''El dolor de escribir'' * ''El dramático destino de una generación'' * ''El naufragio de los Argonautas''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugarte, Manuel Argentine male writers Argentine people of Basque descent 1875 births 1951 deaths Burials at La Recoleta Cemetery