Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (November 2, 1935 – September 20, 2002) was an
Argentine
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 ...
writer.
Biography
Kieffer was born on November 2, 1935, in
Esperanza, Santa Fe
Esperanza is a city in the center of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 46,753 inhabitants according to the and it is the head town of the Las Colonias Department.
Esperanza is at the heart of the most important dairy district of the ...
in Argentina.
On his mother's side, he was related to Argentinian painter
Sebastian Spreng
Sebastian Spreng (born April 6, 1956) is an Argentina, Argentine-born United States, American visual artist and music journalist. He is a self-taught artist. He lives in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, Bay Harbor Islands, Florida.
Biography
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He was part of the
Latin American
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Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ...
literature boom of the 1960s. He graduated as a lawyer at the Universidad del Litoral in
Santa Fe but never practiced law.
He wrote novels, essays, short stories, children's books, scripts and theatre plays. He was also a renowned journalist. For many years he was a columnist for the Culture page of the newspaper La Nación.
His books have been translated into many languages.
He was also part of the jury in many literary competitions. His main theme was
Buenos Aires
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, and he was named "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad" (Distinguished Citizen of Buenos Aires).
He was married to Beatriz Trento and later divorced, they had three children. He died in Buenos Aires on September 20, 2002.
Works
Novels
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Essays
*Short stories' collections: Fabulario (1960)
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*Manual para nativos pensantes (1985)
*A Buenos Aires (1986)
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Scripts
*Vení conmigo (1972)
*La hora de María y el pájaro de oro (1975)
*Desde el abismo (1980)
References
1935 births
2002 deaths
People from Esperanza, Santa Fe
Argentine male writers
Argentine people of German descent
Illustrious Citizens of Buenos Aires
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