Ernesto Sábato

This physicist, essayist and writer was Born in the city of Rojas, in the province of Buenos Aires, in 1911. He was an active member of the communist party when he was young. He studied physics, but while he lived in Paris he joined a group of surrealists and his career started changing and turning into philosophy and literature. His novel “Sobre Héroes y Tumbas” (On Heroes and Tombs), published in 1961, consolidated him as one of the most important contemporary writers.


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