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Borges was the best Argentinian writer of the XIX century. The best Argentinian writer of the XX century was Gombrowicz... or perhaps Bianciotti after 1982... or perhaps Wilcock after 1957.

About the guys cited by Fausto: Lamborghini (I would include Benito Lynch, Borges and Mujica Lainez among his influences), Fogwill, Gusman, I mean all the group around Literal magazine (Zelarayan, Libertella, etc. but not German Garcia) and perhaps Chejfec -who is from Venezuela as Fogwill always says- are the worthly canon. Aira, Nielsen and Pauls belong to this group (but just for the influence upon them, they were too young for write in Literal).
Then, Piglia is like Bolaño but more "politicized", Martínez is a mediocre journalist and an oportunist novelist (a best-sellerist wannabe), Kohan is all about techniques and rewritrings, Fresán was a promise in the early nineties, and Tabarovsky was the owner of Interzona (kekeke).
Jeanmaire was an interesting writer until 2003.
Manguel is Canadian.
Saer is a true major (sometimes he reminds me Haroldo Conti before the [s]garciamarquezca[/s] lousy Mascaró). Also Tizón.
Puig was an inspiration for Cabrera Infante, Vargas Llosa, Fuguet and maybe Bolaño.
Sabato is (fairly) almost forgotten. The same with Cortazar (except for the kids in high-schools, who still read them a lot). The same with Mallea (a major writer in his time).
Revol (who perhaps -but is surely a myth- wrote some letters to Pynchon) was almost a major. The same about Laiseca. The same with Andrés Rivera.
The critical texts about Macedonio are greater than Macedonio's own work. The same with Arlt. The same with Pizarnik.