Argentina: Micropresses and Great Authors

[BlogSpy]

Just for the tango alone, Argentina would rank as one of my favorite countries in the world. And when you throw in their literary history—Jorge Luis Borges, Macedonio Fernandez, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Julio Cortazar, Juan Jose Saer—there’s a lot of reasons why I’m excited about next year’s Fair, when Argentina will be the official Guest [...]

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[LRiley]

Argentina like the United States, Canada and Australia was a great big melting pot for European immigration in the 19th century drawing large numbers of people especially from Eastern and Southern Europe. The diversity from all that is reflected in its culture and is one reason IMO such a number of great writers come from there.