Levon Khechoyan (Armenian: Լևոն Խեչոյան) was an Armenian writer and novelist born on December 8, 1955, and died on January 8, 2014.
Zori Hayki Balayan (Armenian: Զորի Հայկի Բալայան, February 10, 1935 – April 5, 2026) was an Armenian novelist, journalist, sports doctor, traveler, and sports expert. He was awarded the “Renowned master of the Arts,” an Armenian official title.
Michael Arlen (born Dikran Sarkis Kouyoumdjian, Armenian: Տիգրան Գոյումճեան, November 16, 1895 – June 23, 1956) was an essayist, short story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He achieved his greatest success in the 1920s while living in England, where he wrote and published his popular novel The Green Hat in 1924. Arlen is best known for his humorous stories about life in high society in England, but he also wrote gothic horror and psychological thriller stories.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (pronounced BOR-hess; Spanish: [ˈxoɾxe ˈlwis ˈboɾxes]; August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet, and translator. He is considered an important figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His most famous works, Ficciones (translated as Fictions) and El Aleph (translated as The Aleph), were published in the 1940s.
Luisa Valenzuela Levinson (born November 26, 1938) is an Argentine writer known for her work after the Boom period in literature. She writes novels and short stories that use unusual methods to explore unfair systems in society from a woman’s point of view. Her most famous works were written in response to the military government in Argentina during the 1970s.
Ernesto Sabato (Spanish: [ˈsaβaðo]; June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist. According to the BBC, he “won some of the most important prizes in Hispanic literature” and “became very influential in the literary world throughout Latin America.” After his death, El País called him the “last classic writer in Argentine literature.” Sabato was known for his bald head and brush-shaped mustache. He often wore tinted glasses and open-necked shirts.
Juan José Saer was born on June 28, 1937, and died on June 11, 2005. He was an important Argentine writer. In 1987, he won the Premio Nadal because of his novel The Event (La ocasión).
Josh Andrés Rivera was born on May 1, 1995. He is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Chino in Steven Spielberg’s 2021 new version of West Side Story.
Juan Manuel Puig Delledonne (December 28, 1932 – July 22, 1990), often known as Manuel Puig, was an Argentine writer and advocate for LGBTQ rights. His most famous works include La traición de Rita Hayworth (Betrayed by Rita Hayworth, 1968), Boquitas pintadas (Heartbreak Tango, 1969), and El beso de la mujer araña (Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1976). The novel Kiss of the Spider Woman was adapted into a film released in 1985, directed by Héctor Babenco, an Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker, and later became a Broadway musical that premiered in 1993.
Leopoldo Marechal was an important Argentine writer in the 20th century. He was born on June 11, 1900, and he died on June 26, 1970.