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Roberto Arlt

Born: 07 APR 1900 – Buenos Aires
Died: 26 JUL 1942 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer, journalist, dramatist
Achievements: 
Carlos Barbarito
Born: 06 FEB 1955 – Pergamino, Buenos Aires
Died:
Type: Poet, essayist
Achievements:

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  4. Gran Premio Libertad
  5. Prize Bienal de Crítica de Arte Jorge Feinsilber
  6. Prize César Tiempo
  7. Prize Concurso Régimen de Fomento a la Producción Literaria Nacional y Estímulo a la Industrial Editorial, Fondo Nacional de las Artes
  8. Prize Foundation Alejandro González Gattone
  9. Prize Francisco López Merino
  10. Prize Fundación Argentina para la Poesía
  11. Prize Raúl Gustavo Aguirre of the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores
  12. Prize Tierras Planas
Aldolfo Bioy Casares
Born: 15 SEP 1914 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. City of Buenos Aires Municipal Prize (1941)
  2. National Literary Prize (1969)
  3. Argentine Society of Writers Grand Prize of Honor (1975)
  4. Mondello Prize (1984)
  5. Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1990)
  6. Member of the Légion d’Honneur (1981)
Jorge Luis Borges
Born: 14 AUG 1899 – Buenos Aires
Died: 14 JUN 1986 – Geneva, Switzerland
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Municipal Prize (1928)
  2. Argentine Writers Society Prize (1945)
  3. National Prize for Literature (1957)
  4. Prix Formentor (1961)
  5. Bienal Foundation Inter-American Prize (1970)
  6. Jerusalem Prize (1971)
  7. Alfonso Reyes Prize (1973)
  8. Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1979)
Eugenio Cambaceres
Born: 24 FEB 1843 – Buenos Aires
Died: 14 JUN 1889 – Buenos Aires
Type: Novelist
Achievements: 
Julio Cortázar
Born: 26 AUG 1914 – Brussels, Belgium
Died: 12 FEB 1984 – Paris, France
Type: Argentine prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Médicis Prize (France, 1974)
  2. Rubén Dario Order of Cultural Independence (Nicaragua, 1983)
Esteban Echeverría (José Esteban Antonio Echeverría)
Born: 02 SEP 1805 – Buenos Aires
Died: 19 JAN 1851
Type: Poet, prose writer
Achievements: 
Macedonio Fernández
Born: 01 JUN 1874 – Buenos Aires
Died: 10 DEC 1952
Type: Experimental prose writer
Achievements: 
Manuel Gálvez
Born: 18 JUL 1882 – Paraná, Argentina
Died: 14 NOV 1962 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer, dramatist, poet
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Municipal Prize (1919)
Griselda Gambaro
Born: 28 JUL 1928 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Dramatist, prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Emecé Prize (1965)
  2. Revista Teatro XX Prize (1965)
  3. Guggenheim Award (1982)
  4. Four unnamed prizes for the play El Campo (1968)
Juan Gelman
Born: 03 MAY 1930 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet
Achievements:

  1. International Mondello Poetry Prize (1980)
Mempo Giardinelli
Born: 02 JUL 1947 – Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Mexican National Prize (1983)
  2. Rómulo Galleges Prize (1993)
Oliverio Girondo
Born: 17 AUG 1891 – Buenos Aires
Died: 24 JAN 1967 – Buenos Aires
Type: Poet
Achievements:

  1. Co-founder of the magazine Martín Fierro (1924)
Alberto Girri
Born: 27 NOV 1919 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? 1991
Type: Poet, literary translator
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Municipal Prize for Poetry (1955)
  2. National Prize for Poetry (1967)
  3. Gran Premio de la Fundación Argentina para la Poesía (1976)
Juana Manuela Gorriti
Born: 15 JUN 1818 – Horcones Ranch, Salta, Argentina
Died: 06 NOV 1892 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer, feminist
Achievements:

  1. Founded the newspaper La Alborada (????)
Ricardo Güiraldes
Born: 13 FEB 1886 – Buenos Aires
Died: 08 OCT 8, 1927 – Paris, France
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:

  1. National Prize for Literature (1926)
José Hernández
Born: 10 NOV 1834 – Caserío de Perdriel, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: 21 OCT 1886
Type: Writer, politician
Achievements: 
Norah Lange
Born: 23 OCT 1906 – ??, Argentina
Died: 06 AUG 1972
Type: Poet, prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Literary Prize (1937)
Enrique Larreta
Born: 04 MAR 1873 – Buenos Aires
Died: 06 JUL 1961 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer, dramatist
Achievements:

  1. Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1949)
  2. Grand Cross of Alfonso the Wise (?)
  3. Legion of Honor Award (?)
  4. Grand Cross of Isabel the Catholic (?)
Leopoldo Lugones
Born: 13 JUN 1874 – Córdoba province, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? 1938
Type: Poet, prose writer
Achievements: 
Eduardo Mallea
Born: 14 AUG 1903 – Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: 14 AUG 1982 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Elected to the Argentine Academy of Letters (1960)
Leopoldo Marechal
Born: 11 JUN 1900 – Buenos Aires
Died: 26 JUN 1970
Type: Prose writer, dramatist
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Prize (1929)
  2. National Poetry Prize (1940)
José Mármol
Born: 02 DEC 1817 – Buenos Aires
Died: 09 AUG 1871 – Buenos Aires
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:

  1. Director of the National Library (1858-1871)
Ezequiel Martínez Estrada
Born: 14 SEP 1895 – San Juan de la Esquina, Sante Fe Province, Argentina
Died: 03 NOV 1964 – Bahía Blanca
Type: Essayist, poet
Achievements: 
Silvina Ocampo
Born: ?? ??? 1903 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? SEP 1993
Type: Prose writer, poet, literary translator
Achievements:

  1. Municipal Prize for Poetry (1945)
  2. National Poetry Prize (1962)
  3. Club de los XIII Prize (1988)
Victoria Ocampo
Born: 07 APR 1890 – Buenos Aires
Died: 27 JAN 1979
Type: Writer, patron of culture
Achievements:

  1. First woman to be admitted to the Argentine Academy of Letters (1977)
Olga Orozco
Born: 17 MAR 1920 – Toay, La Pampa, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet
Achievements:

  1. Argentine Association of Poetry Prize (1971)
  2. National Arts Prize (1980)
  3. Premio Fundación Alfredo Fortabal (1987)
  4. Argentine Writers Society Prize (1989)
  5. University of Turin Laurel Wreath (1989)
Juan L. Ortiz
Born: 11 JUN 1896 – Puerto Ruiz, Entre Rios, Argentina
Died: 02 SEP 1978
Type: Poet
Achievements:

  1. Argentine Poetry Foundation Prize of Honor (1976)
  2. Municipality of Gualeguay Minuán de Oro (1976)
Ricardo Piglia (Ricardo Emilio Piglia Renzi)
Born: 24 NOV 1941 – Adrogué, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Boris Vian Prize (????)
Alejandra Pizarnik (Flora Alejandra Pizarnik)
Born: 16 APR 1936 – Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: 26 SEP 1972
Type: Poet, prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires First Prize for Poetry (1966)
  2. Guggenheim Fellowship (1969)
  3. Fulbright Award (1971)
Abel Posse
Born: ?? ??? 1936 – Córdoba, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Triennial National Prize (1969-1971)
  2. Argentine National Prize for Literature (?)
  3. Rómulo Galleges Prize (Venezuela, 1987)
Manuel Puig
Born: 28 DEC 1932 – General Villegas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: 22 JUL 1990 – Cuernavaca, Mexico
Type: Prose writer, dramatist
Achievements:

  1. Curzio Malaparte Prize (Italy, 1966)
  2. San Sebastian Festival Jury Prize (1978)
Manuel Rojas
Born: 08 JAN 1896 – Buenos Aires
Died: 11 MAR 1973
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. President of the Society of Chilean Writers (1937)
  2. Director of Anales de la Universidad de Chile (1951)
  3. Hosted TV program Jurado Literario (Literary Jury) (?)
  4. National Prize for Literature (Chile, 1957)
Ernesto Sábato
Born: 24 JUN 1911 – Rojas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Argentine Association for the Progress of Science Fellowship (1937)
  2. Buenos Aires Municipal Prize (1945)
  3. Institute of Foreign Relations Prize (West Germany, 1973)
  4. Consagración Nacional Prize (1974)
  5. Argentine Society of Writers’ Prize of Honour (1974)
  6. Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger (France, 1977)
  7. Gran Cruz al Mérito Civil (Spain, 1979)
  8. Gabriela Mistral Prize (1984)
  9. Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1985)
  10. Jerusalem Prize (1989)
Juan José Saer
Born: 28 JUN 1937 – Serodino, Sante Fe Province, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer, poet
Achievements:

  1. Nadal Prize (1987)
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento
Born: 15 FEB 1811 – San Juan, Argentina
Died: 11 SEP 1888 – Asunción, Paraguay
Type: Politician, educator, man of letters
Achievements:

  1. Governor of San Juan Province (1862-1864)
  2. President of Argentina (1868-1874)
Osvaldo Soriano
Born: ?? APR 1943 – Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer Achievements:

  1. Film version of his novel No habrámás pena ni olvido won the Silver Bear Prize (Berlin Film Festival, c.1983)
Alfonsina Storni
Born: 29 MAY 1892 – Sala Capriasca, Switzerland
Died: 25 OCT 1938 – Buenos Aires
Type: Argentine poet
Achievements:

  1. Buenos Aires Municipal Prize (1920)
Luisa Valenzuela
Born: 26 NOV 1938 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer
Achievements:

  1. Fondo Nacional de las Artes Award (1966, 1973)
  2. Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía Award (1973)
  3. Fulbright Fellowship (1969-1970)
  4. Guggenheim Fellowship (1983)
David Viñas (used pseudonym Raquel Weinbaum when writing for the press)
Born: 28 JUL 1929 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Prose writer, dramatist
Achievements:

  1. National Prize for Literature (1962, 1971)
  2. Casa de las Américas Prize (1967)
  3. Argentine Critics’ Prize (1970, 1973)
  4. National Theatre Prize (1972)
María Elena Walsh
Born: 01 FEB 1930 – Buenos Aires
Died: ?? ??? ????
Type: Poet, prose writer, author of children’s literature
Achievements:




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