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Born November 12, 1941 (age 85) • Montevideo • Uruguay
Notable Works “A Forbidden Passion” • “Diáspora” • “Dostoevsky’s Last Night” • “Estrategias del deseo” • “Intimate Disasters” • “Los museos abandonados” • “Solitaire of Love” • “The Museum of Useless Effort” • “The Ship of Fools” • “Viviendo”
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Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
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Juan Carlos Onetti
Uruguayan writer
Cesar Vallejo, Peruvian poet, seated outdoors in a suit with his chin resting on his hand and a cane in his other hand, 1929.
César Vallejo
Peruvian poet
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
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Rafael Arévalo Martínez
Guatemalan writer
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José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
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Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
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Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
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José Rubén Romero
Mexican author
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Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Venezuelan writer
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Horacio Quiroga
Uruguayan writer
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Felisberto Hernández
Uruguayan writer
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Julio Herrera y Reissig
Uruguayan poet
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Juana de Ibarbourou
Uruguayan poet
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Eduardo Acevedo Díaz
Uruguayan writer and politician
Agustini, Delmira
Delmira Agustini
Uruguayan writer
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John Banim
Irish author

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