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Also Known As Gustavo Martínez Zuviría
Born October 23, 1883 • Córdoba • Argentina
Died March 28, 1962 (aged 78) • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Notable Works “A Stone Desert” • “Peach Blossom”
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
Cortázar, Julio
Julio Cortázar
Argentine author
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Manuel Mujica Láinez
Argentine writer
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author and critic
Benito Lynch
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Eduardo Mallea
Argentine writer
Roberto Arlt
Argentine author
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Manuel Puig
Argentine author
Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet
Ariel Dorfman
Chilean author
Esteban Echeverría
Argentine writer
Storni, Alfonsina
Alfonsina Storni
Argentine writer
Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
Leopoldo Marechal
Argentine author
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Argentine author
José Bianco
Argentine writer and editor
Ricardo Güiraldes
Argentine writer