Benito Lynch: Quick Facts

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Born	June 25, 1885 • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Died	December 23, 1951 (aged 66) • La Plata • Argentina
Notable Works	“El inglés de los güesos” • “Los caranchos de la Florida”
Movement / Style	criollismo

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Tomás Eloy Martínez

Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator

Manuel Mujica Láinez

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Ricardo Piglia

Argentine author and critic

Eduardo Mallea

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Roberto Arlt

Argentine author

Hugo Wast

Argentine writer

Ricardo Güiraldes

Argentine writer

Tomás Carrasquilla

Colombian author

Rufino Blanco-Fombona

Venezuelan writer

Jorge Luis Borges

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Ernesto Sábato

Argentine writer

Manuel Puig

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Leopoldo Lugones

Argentine poet

Ariel Dorfman

Chilean author

Esteban Echeverría

Argentine writer

Alfonsina Storni

Argentine writer

Manuel Rojas

Chilean writer

Leopoldo Marechal

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