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Born September 2, 1805 • Buenos Aires • Argentina
Died January 19, 1851 (aged 45) • Montevideo • Uruguay
Notable Works “La cautiva” • “The Slaughterhouse”
Movement / Style Romanticism
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
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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Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Argentine author
Aleksandr Pushkin
Aleksandr Pushkin
Russian author
Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832
Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny
French author
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Leopoldo Marechal
Argentine author
Almqvist, detail of an oil painting by C.P. Mazer, 1836, in the Nordiska Museet,Stockholm
Carl Jonas Love Almqvist
Swedish author
Levertin, oil painting by C.O. Larsson, 1906; in the Bonniers' Collection, Stockholm
Oscar Ivar Levertin
Swedish poet and scholar
Gonçalves Dias
Antônio Gonçalves Dias
Brazilian poet
Statue of Antônio de Castro Alves, Brazil.
Antônio de Castro Alves
Brazilian poet
Petrus Borel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by C.-F. Nanteuil-Leboeuf, 1839
Petrus Borel
French author
Beets, engraving by D.J. Sluyter
Nicolaas Beets
Dutch pastor and writer
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Leopoldo Lugones
Argentine poet
Cortázar, Julio
Julio Cortázar
Argentine author
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Juan Gelman
Argentine poet and activist
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Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
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Manuel Mujica Láinez
Argentine writer
Storni, Alfonsina
Alfonsina Storni
Argentine writer
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Manuel Rojas
Chilean writer
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Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author and critic

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