Álvaro Melián Lafinur
Álvaro Octavio Melián Lafinur (16 May 1893 – 1958) was an Argentine poet and critic. Álvaro Melián Lafinur was born in Buenos Aires in 1893, he was the son of the Uruguayan lawyer and writer Luis Melián Lafinur and also the second cousin of writer Jorge Luis Borges. In 1910, while working at the Spanish newspaper El País, he published Borges' work, a translation of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince, for the first time.
Also recorded as Alvaro Melian Lafinur
Álvaro Melián Lafinur
Fotografía extraída del libro "Historia Argentina". Autor: Diego Abad de Santillán. TEA, Tipográfica Editora Argentina. 1971, Buenos Aires, Argentina. · Public domain
- Died
- 1958
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- Argentina
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- writer · literary critic · poet
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Álvaro Octavio Melián Lafinur (16 May 1893 – 1958) was an Argentine poet and critic. Álvaro Melián Lafinur was born in Buenos Aires in 1893, he was the son of the Uruguayan lawyer and writer Luis Melián Lafinur and also the second cousin of writer Jorge Luis Borges. In 1910, while working at the Spanish newspaper El País, he published Borges' work, a translation of Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince, for the first time.
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- 1.Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros. Alvaro Octavio MELIÁN LAFINUR.
- 2.Imbert, Enrique Anderson. Spanish-American Literature: A History. Wayne State University Press. 506. 1969. 0814313884.
- 3.Croce, Marcela. Enciclopedia Borges. Editorial Alfama. 316. 2008. 9788493624972.
- 4.Gasquet, Axel. El llamado de oriente: Historia cultural del orientalismo argentino (1900-1950). EUDEBA. 211. 2016. 9789502358987.
- 5.Benítez, Luis. Borges para leer en 30 minutos. Ediciones LEA. 11. 2015. 9789877183412.
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