Pablo Rojas Paz (June 26, 1896 - October 1, 1956) 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 born in Tucumán. He published essays, poetry, short stories, novels and biographies. For his short story collection ''El patio de la noche'' (''Night's Playground'') he was awarded with the National Prize of Literature, in 1940. Along with fellow writers Jorge Luis Borges, Alfredo Brandán Caraffa and

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' ...

, he founded the Proa magazine, in 1924.

Selected works

*''Paisajes y meditaciones'' (1924) (essays) *''La metáfora y el mundo'' (1926) (essays) *''Arlequín'' (1927) (short stories) *''El perfil de nuestra expresión'' (1929) (essays) *''Hombres grises, montañas azules'' (1930) (novel) *''Hasta aquí nomás'' (1936) (novel) *''El patio de la noche'' (1940) (short stories) *''Alberdi, el ciudadano de la soledad'' (1940) (non-fiction) *''Biografía de Buenos Aires'' (1943) (non-fiction) *''Cada cual y su mundo'' (1944) (essays) *''El arpa remendada'' (1944) (short stories) *''Campo argentino'' (1944) (short stories) *''Raíces al cielo'' (1945) (novel) *''Hombre y momentos de la diplomacia'' (1946) (short stories) *''Los cocheros de San Blas'' (1950) (novel) *''Echeverría, pastor de soledades'' (1952) (non-fiction) *''Mármoles bajo la lluvia'' (1954) (novel) *''El canto en la llanura'' (1955) (essays) *''Simón Bolívar'' (1955) (non-fiction) *''Lo pánico y lo cósmico'' (1957) (essays) 1896 births Argentine essayists Argentine male essayists Argentine male novelists Argentine male short story writers 1956 deaths People from San Miguel de Tucumán 20th-century Argentine novelists 20th-century short story writers 20th-century essayists 20th-century Argentine male writers {{Argentina-writer-stub