MacedonioFernández

MacedonioFernández was born on the 1^st June 1874; he died on the 10^th February 1952. He was an argentine writer, humorist and a philosopher. His writings consisted of the poems, stories, journalism, novels. MacedonioFernández was a mentor to Jorge Luis Borges and some other avant-garde writers of the country. 17 years of his combination with Borges was published in the year 2000.

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MacedonioFernández was the son of MacedonioFernández, a farmer and a military officer and Rosa delMazo Aguilar ramos. In the year 1887, MacedonioFernández enrolled in the ColegioNacional Central in Argentina.

From the year 1891 to the year 1892, as a student of the university, MacedonioFernández published in El Progresso, a series if critical essays on the customs and manners that were later added in Papelesantiguos. Just like Borges, he had interest in psychology and in the philosopher called Arthur Schopenhauer.

He was granted the degree as a doctor of jurisprudence by the law faculty of the University if Buenos Aires, Argentina in the year 1897. Within that period, he wrote for La Montaña. He was a personal friend of the physician politician and a writer called Juan B Justo. In the year 1898 he got admitted to the bar and in the year 1899, MacedonioFernández got married to Elena de Obieta and they had four children together.

In the year 1904, he published some poems in a magazine known with the name Martín Fierro. He got to the position of public prosecutor in the JuzgadoLetrado de Posadas in the year 1910 and he held the position for many years.

He lost his wife in the year 1920 and the children were left under the care of the grandparents and aunts. MacedonioFernández dropped the profession of law. When the family of Borges returned to the country from Europe in the year 1921, he renewed his friendship with him.

In the year 1928, MacedonioFernández published No todaesvigilia la de los ojosabiertos, at the request of ofRaúlScalabrini Ortiz and LeopoldoMarechal, he published Papeles de Recienvenidoin the year 1929.

In the year 1938, MacedonioFernández published "Novela de Eterna" y la Niña del dolor, la "Dulce-persona" de unamorque no fue sabido, which was an anticipation of the Museo de la Novela de la Eterna that was waspostmonously published in the year 1967. In the year 1941, MacedonioFernández published Unanovelaquecomienza in Chile and in the year 1944, he released the new edition of the book called Papeles de Recienvenido.  In the year 1947, MacedonioFernández moved into the home of his son called Adolfo de Obieta and it was there that he resided for the rest of his life.

Works

Ø  No todaesvigilia la de los ojosabiertos; arreglo de papelesquedejó un personaje de novelacreadopor el arte, Deunamor el no existente caballero, el estudioso de suesperanza (1928)

Ø  Unanovelaquecomienza (1941)

Ø  Poemas, with a prologue by Natalicio González. México, Guarania, 1953.

Ø  Papeles de Recienvenido. Continuación de la nada (1944); Papeles de recienvenido y continuación de la nada (1989)

Ø  Museo de la novela de la eterna (1967) (1995) (1982)

Ø  No todaesvigilia la de los ojosabiertos y otrosescritos. Advertencia de Adolfo de Obieta. Buenos Aires, CEAL, 1967.

Ø  Cuadernos de todo y nada. Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 1972.

Ø  Manera de unapsique sin cuerpo (1973)

Ø  Obrascompletas (1974-1995)

Ø  Relato : cuentos, poemas y misceláneas (1987)

Ø  Poesíascompletas (1991)

Ø  Todo y nada (1995)

Ø  Textosselectos (1999)

Ø  Macedonio : memoriaserrantes (1999)

In English translation

• Macedonio  (1984)
• The Museum of Eterna'sNovel 2010

Correspondence

• Epistolario. Buenos Aires, Corregidor, 1976. (Obrascompletas, vol. II, Alicia Borinsky, editor).
• Correspondencia, 1922-1939 : crónica de unaamistad with Jorge Luis Borges (2000)