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Héctor Tizón
Héctor Tizón (21 October 1929 – 30 July 2012) was an Argentine writer and diplomat. He lived and worked from the ancestral home of his parents in Yala, a small rural town some north of San Salvador de Jujuy. Tizón served as the cultural attache in the Argentine Embassy in Mexico, and was forced into exile to Cercedilla in the Sierra de Guadarrama, west of Madrid, shortly after the military coup of 24 March 1976. Upon his return to Argentina, he settled back in Jujuy where he died on 30 July 2012.''Le Mot Just''. A documentary film produced by Contrakultura films. Written and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley He won the Diamond Konex Award in 2004 as one of the most preeminent writers in Argentina. Bibliography *''A un costado de los rieles'' (1960) *''Fuego en Casabindo'' (1969) *''El cantar del profeta y el bandido'' (1972) *''El jactancioso y la bella'' (1972) *''Sota de bastos, caballo de espadas'' (1975) *''El traidor venerado'' (1978) *''La casa y el viento'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Politicians
Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Argentine. Argentina is a multiethnic society, multiethnic society, home to people of various Ethnicity, ethnic, Race (human categorization), racial, Religion, religious, Religious denomination, denomination, and Nationality, national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. As a result, Argentines do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Argentina. Aside from the indigenous population, nearly all Argentines or their ancestors immigrated within the past five centuries. Among countries in the world that have received the most immigrants in modern history, Argentina, with 6.6 million, ranks second to the United States (27 million), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Deaths
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Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born July 1960) is an Argentine-American documentary filmmaker and photographer whose work focuses on biographical, cultural, and historical subjects. He is best known for directing ''Evita'' (2008), ''Rita Dove: An American Poet'', and ''Harto the Borges''. His more recent documentaries include ''Black Fiddlers'' and ''Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor'', and he is currently in production on ''The Piccirilli Factor'', a film about the Italian-American sculptors behind many of the most iconic monuments in the United States. Early and personal life Montes-Bradley was born in Argentina to Nelson Montes-Bradley, co-founder of Discos Qualiton, and Sara Kaplan. He relocated to New York in 1979 and later settled in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he currently resides. Non-fiction * The Piccirilli Factor. 2025. To be released by Kanopy Streaming in November * Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor, 2022. * Black Fiddlers, 2022. A history of Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jujuy, Argentina
San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands. Its population at the was 237,751 inhabitants. If its suburbs are included, this figure rises to around 300,000. The current mayor is Raúl Jorge. City information The city lies on National Route 9 that connects |
Contrakultura Films
Contrakultura Films was an imprint of Iruña Films, SA a Buenos Aires, Argentina, film production effort dedicated to producing biographical documentaries on Latin American writers. Production offices were located in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, San Telmo. Soledad Liendo, Leonardo Hussen and Rodolfo Durán were among the producers. The initiative later expanded to visual artists including Andrés Waissman and Humberto Calzada, and social scientists such as León Rozitchner, Ismael Viñas, Juan José Sebreli, Juan Jose Sebreli and Jorge Lovisolo. Contrakultura existed between 2002 and 2006 producing approximately twenty-five documentaries with the support of INCAA, Fondo Nacional de las Artes, and the Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación. The films are owned by the Heritage Film Project and are distributed by Alexander Street Press. The initial “Contrakultural series" was known as “Perfiles”, and was made of thirteen biographical documentaries. The series was presented at the Bien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Coup
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