Mario Ernesto O'Donnell Ure (born 28 October 1941), known professionally as "Pacho O'Donnell", is an

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writer, politician, historian and physician who specializes in

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Career

After the return to democracy in Argentina in 1983, he was named Secretary of Culture of the city of Buenos Aires. He ran unsuccessfully for the 1988 presidential nomination in the

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primaries, but later became a

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and was elected to the

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for the city of Buenos Aires in 1998. President

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appointed O'Donnell Ambassador to

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and

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, as well as Secretary of Culture. He was elected to the

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in 2002. He is currently engaged on the diffusion of Argentine historical knowledge, being part of the "neorevisionist" school which contests the official reading of history imposed in Argentina (democracy being restored only in 1983), and hosted the television show ''Historia confidencial'' (Confidential History) with fellow historians José Ignacio García Hamilton and Felipe Pigna. He received the "Isabel la Católica" ("Isabella the Catholic") order from the Spanish King

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, and the "Palmas Académicas" ("Academic palms") in France. The legislature of Buenos Aires honoured him as illustrious citizen in October 2009.

Family

Born in

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to Mario Antonio O'Donnell Suárez and Susana Lucrecia Ure Aldao, he is married to Susana Evans Civit, with whom he has five children. His brother,

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, was a noted political scientist.

Works

Fiction

Short stories

*''La seducción de la hija del portero'' (1975)

Novels

*''Doña Leonor, los rusos y los yanquis'' (1981) *''El tigrecito de Mompracén'' (1980) *''Las hormigas de Carlitos Chaplín'' (1977) *''Copsi'' (1973; the title is a combination of ''Coca'' and ''Pepsi'')

Non fiction

Essays and history

*''El Prójimo'' *''Juana Azurduy, la Teniente Coronela'' (1994) *''El descubrimiento de Europa'' (1992) *''Monteagudo, la pasión revolucionaria'' *''El grito sagrado'', with Alejandro Dolina *''El águila guerrera'' *''El rey blanco'' *''Juan Manuel de Rosas, el maldito de nuestra historia oficial'' *''El Che'' *''Los héroes malditos'' *''Historia confidencial'', with José García Hamilton and Felipe Pigna

Psychology

*''Analisis freudiano de grupo'' (1984) *''El juego – Técnicas lúdicas en psicoterapia'' *''La teoría de la transferencia en psicoterapia grupal'' (1977) *''Teoría y técnica de la psicoterapia grupal'' (1975) *''Psicología Dinámica Grupal'' (1980)

References

External links

Official site
(in Spanish). It has excerpts of his latest historical works. {{DEFAULTSORT:Odonnell, Pacho 1941 births 20th-century Argentine historians Argentine male writers Members of the Argentine Senate for Buenos Aires Members of the Buenos Aires City Legislature Argentine diplomats Radical Civic Union politicians Justicialist Party politicians Living people Illustrious Citizens of Buenos Aires Ambassadors of Argentina to Bolivia Ambassadors of Argentina to Paraguay