Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría
Gustavo Adolfo Martínez Zuviría (October 23, 1883March 28, 1962), best known under his pseudonym Hugo Wast, was a renowned Argentine novelist and script writer. Biography Born Gustavo Martínez Zuviría in Córdoba, Argentina, his family relocated to Santa Fe, and he enrolled at the University of Santa Fe, receiving a law degree in 1907. Martínez Zuviría first used the pen name "Hugo Wast" for his 1911 novel, ''Flor de Durazno'' (''Peach Blossom'') - his first commercial success. He was elected to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies in 1916 as a Conservative and received the National Literary Prize for his realist novel, ''Desierto de piedra'' (''Stone Desert''), but he was also known for his antisemitism - established with his inflammatory ''Oro'' (''Gold'') - and his ideological association with French " integrisme," a Catholic nationalist doctrine associated with the National Front.Rock, David. ''Authoritarian Argentina.'' University of North Carolina Press, 1993. He wa ...
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