Manuel Gálvez

Manuel Gálvez was born on the 18^th July 1882 in Parana Entre Rios; he died on the 14^th November 1968 in Buenos Aires. He was an argentine novelist, poet, essayist, historian and a biographer.

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Early Life

Manuel Gálvez was a member of the leading patrician family of the city of Entre Rios. He was educated by the Jesuits before he went to the University of Buenos Aires and graduated in the year 1904 with a degree in Law. He worked as a school inspector from the year 1906 till the year 1931.

While he was in the university, he assisted in the discovery of the highly traditionalist literary review with the name Ideas, he became involved with the Liberalism soon after he graduated from the university.

Works

Ø  La sombra del convento

Ø  El cánticoespiritual

Ø  Miércoles Santo

Ø  La tragedia de un hombre fuerte

Ø  La nochetoca a su fin y Cautiverio

Ø  La muerte en lascalles (1949)

Ø  NachaRegules (1919)

Ø  Historia de arrabal (1923)

Ø  Tiempo de odio y angustia (1951)

Ø  Han tocado a degüello (1840–1842) (1951),

Ø  Bajo la garraanglo-francesa (1953),

Ø  Y asícayó Don Juan Manuel (1954),

Ø  Las dos vidas del pobreNapoleón (1954),

Ø  El uno y la multitud (1955),

Ø  TránsitoGuzmán (1956),

Ø  Poemaspara la reciénllegada (1957),

Ø  Perdido en sunoche (1958),

Ø  Recuerdos de la vidaliteraria (1961),

Ø  Me mataron entre todos (1962)

Ø  La locura de sersanto (1967)

Manuel Gálvez was married to the writer called Dalfina Bunge.

Manuel Gálvez died in Buenos Aires in the year 1968.