Manuel Gálvez: Quick Facts

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Born	July 18, 1882 • Paraná • Argentina
Died	November 14, 1962 (aged 80) • Buenos Aires • Argentina • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Founder	“Ideas”
Notable Works	“La maestra normal”

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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Leopoldo Lugones

Argentine poet

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Tomás Eloy Martínez

Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator

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José Bianco

Argentine writer and editor

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Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

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Jaime Torres Bodet

Mexican writer and statesman

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Peter Ackroyd

British author, biographer, critic and scholar

Bertha, baroness von Suttner.

Bertha, baroness von Suttner

Austrian author

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Sir Peter Quennell

British writer

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Victoria Ocampo

Argentine editor and publisher

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine author

Ernesto Sábato, 1985.

Ernesto Sábato

Argentine writer

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Manuel Puig

Argentine author

Cortázar, Julio

Julio Cortázar

Argentine author

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Ariel Dorfman

Chilean author

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Manuel Mujica Láinez

Argentine writer

Storni, Alfonsina

Alfonsina Storni

Argentine writer

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Leopoldo Marechal

Argentine author

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Ricardo Piglia

Argentine author and critic

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Ricardo Güiraldes

Argentine writer