Sylvia Iparraguirre

Sylvia Iparraguirre was born in 1947. She is an Argentine writer and someone who works to protect people’s rights. She has won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize.

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Ricardo Güiraldes

Ricardo Güiraldes was born on February 13, 1886, and died on October 8, 1927. He was an Argentine novelist and poet, and one of the most important Argentine writers of his time. He is famous for his 1926 novel, Don Segundo Sombra, which takes place among the gauchos.

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Oscar R. Gómez

Oscar R. Gómez, also known as Osy, was born on March 9, 1956, in Puerto Belgrano, Buenos Aires Province. He is an Argentine writer, psychoanalyst, and academic researcher.

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Macedonio Fernández

Macedonio Fernández was born on June 1, 1874, and died on February 10, 1952. He was an Argentine writer, humorist, and thinker. He wrote novels, stories, poetry, articles, and other works that are hard to categorize.

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Julio Cortázar

Julio Florencio Cortázar (Latin American Spanish: [ˈxuljo koɾˈtasaɾ]; August 26, 1914 – February 12, 1984) was an Argentine writer who later became a French citizen. He was a novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and translator. Cortázar is known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, a time when many Latin American writers gained international recognition.

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Abelardo Castillo

Abelardo Castillo was born on March 27, 1935, in San Pedro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on May 2, 2017. He was a writer, novelist, essayist, and diarist.

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Adolfo Bioy Casares

Adolfo Bioy Casares was an Argentine writer, journalist, diarist, and translator. He was born on September 15, 1914, and died on March 8, 1999. He worked closely with Jorge Luis Borges, another Argentine writer.

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César Aira

César Aira (Argentine Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ ˈajɾa]) was born on February 23, 1949, in Coronel Pringles, a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He is an Argentine writer and translator who is considered an important figure in modern Argentine literature. He has written more than 100 short books, including stories, novels, and essays.

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Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid (born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson on May 25, 1949) is an Antiguan and American writer, essayist, gardener, and author about gardening. She was born in St. John’s, which is the capital of Antigua and Barbuda.

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Óscar Ribas

Oscar Bento Ribas (17 August 1909 – 19 June 2004) was an Angolan writer. Ribas was born in Luanda, the son of Arnaldo Gonçalves Ribas (who was Portuguese) and Maria de Conceição Bento Faria (Angolan). His first publications were two novels: Nuvens que passam (Clouds that pass) in 1927 and Resgate de uma falta (Rescue of a lack) in 1929.

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