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Top 10 Literary
Figures
! Jorge Luis Borges
(1899-1986)
Argentina's great littérateur
wrote Labyrinths and The
Book of Imaginary Beings .
@ Adolfo Bioy Casares
(1914-99)
A literary giant, his most
famous work is The
Invention of Morel .
Diego Maradona
“Liberating Revolution” the Air
Force bombed Plaza de Mayo
before ousting Perón.
& 1983: The Return of
£ Victoria Ocampo
(1890-1979)
This 1930s intellectual and
feminist was the founder of
literary journal Sur .
Democracy
The 1976-83 military dictatorship
brutalized Argentina. Left-wing
guerrilla forces were eliminated
and suspected state enemies
arrested, taken to secret torture
camps, and killed. The country's
defeat in the Falklands War in
1983, saw civilian rule return.
* 1986: World Cup Victory
$ Tomás Eloy Martínez
(b. 1934 )
Historical novelist of Saint
Evita and The Perón Novel .
% Julio Cortázar
(1914-84)
This experimental novelist
authored the topic Hopscotch.
^ José Hernández
Argentina's 1986 World Cup
victory brought glory to a nation
struggling to heal the wounds of
the military dictatorship. It also
produced a national icon: Diego
Maradona (see p58) .
( 1992: Israeli Embassy
(1834-86)
Author of the epic poem
Martín Fierro.
& Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento (1811-88)
Author of what is considered
to be the first Argentinian
novel - Facundo .
* Manuel Puig
Bombing
The bombing of the Israeli
Embassy in Buenos Aires left 29
dead. In another Jewish-targeted
attack in 1994, the bombing of
the Asociación Mutual Israelita
Argentina (AMIA), a Jewish
cultural center, killed 87.
) 2001: December Riots
(1932-90)
Author of pop culture novels,
plus Eternal Curse on the
Reader of These Pages.
( Ernesto Sábato
(b. 1911)
Sábato wrote The Tunnel and
also compiled Nunca Más , the
official report into 1976-83
dictatorship abuses.
In the 1990s, Argentina was
crippled by foreign debt and a
meltdown occurred in 2001. Gov-
ernment restrictions on bank
withdrawals lead to mass riots.
President Fernando de la Rúa
resigned after 27 died.
) Jacobo Timerman
(1923-99)
Prisoner Without a Name, Cell
Without a Number chronicles
Timerman's own captivity and
torture during the “Dirty War.”
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Tour agency Eternautas (see p105) runs stimulating historical
and literary tours (www.eternautas.com)
 
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