Marco Denevi.

Marco Denevi (May 12, 1922 in Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires – December 12, 1998) was an Argentine award-winning author of novels and short stories, as well as a lawyer and journalist. His work is characterized by its originiality and depth, as well as a criticism of human incompetence. His first work, a mystery called Rosaura a las diez (1955), was a Kraft award winner and a bestseller. In 1964, it was translated into English as Rosa at Ten O'Clock. Other famous works of his include Los expedientes (1957), Ceremonia Secreta (1960), El cuarto de la noche (1962), and Falsificaciones (1966).

He is less known as an essayist, but he also cultivated this genre with his República de Trapalanda (1989), a late work, in which he takes on Ezequiel Martínez Estrada and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's view of the Argentine republic.

He was born in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and at a young age he began playing the piano and reading. He graduated from college in 1939, and did not receive his law degree until 1956.

In 1987 he was inducted into the Argentine Academy of Letters.

It is important to note Denevi's desire to be a playwright. He wrote many dramatic pieces but felt he was not talented enough to write for the theater in Spain.

External links[link]

• Obituary on literatura.org (Spanish language)
• Translation of short story in The Cafe Irreal

A few secondary sources[link]

• Gotschlich R. Guillermo. "Ceremonia secreta de Marco Denevi; enigma y ritualización". Revista Chilena de Literatura 33 (1989): 89-101.

• Ramos Escobar, José L. "Ceremonia secreta: ritos". Revista Interamericana 10 (1980-1981): 19-26.

• Ward, Thomas. "Marco Denevi y su propuesta en contra del Poder". En La resistencia cultural: la nación en el ensayo de las Américas. Lima: Universidad Ricardo Palma, 2004: 98-108.

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Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici
Born	(1900-05-14)14 May 1900 Rocciolato, Italy
Died	10 May 1977(1977-05-10) (aged 76) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years active	1950 –

Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Italian born Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era.

A native of Florence, Soffici moved the Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on the film El Alma de Bandoneón, working with popular actors of the period such as Libertad Lamarque in tango-based musical films. He directed some 40 films between 1935 and 1962, most notably Prisioneros de la tierra (1939) (often cited as one of the greatest in Argentine cinema), El Curandero (1955), El hombre que debía una muerte (1955) and Rosaura a las 10 (1958). He directed and co-wrote with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid La cabalgata del circo, where Eva Duarte played a supporting role.

He died in Buenos Aires in 1977.

Filmography[link]

As director[link]

• Noche federal (1932)
• El alma del bandoneón (1935)
• La barra mendocina (1935)
• Puerto nuevo (1936)
• Cadetes de San Martín (film) (1937)
• Viento Norte (1937)
• Kilómetro 111 (1938)
• El viejo doctor (1939)
• Prisioneros de la tierra (1939)
• Héroes sin fama (1940)
• Cita en la frontera (1940)
• Yo quiero morir contigo (1941)
• El camino de las llamas (1942)
• Vacaciones en el otro mundo (1942)
• Cuando la primavera se equivoca (1942)
• Tres hombres del río (1943)
• Despertar a la vida (1945)
• La cabalgata del circo (1945)
• Besos perdidos (1945)
• La pródiga (1945)
• Celos (1946)
• El pecado de Julia (1947)
• La gata(1947)
• La Secta del trébol (1948)
• Tierra del Fuego (1948)
• La barca sin pescador(1950)
• El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia(1951)
• La indeseable(1951)
• Pasó en mi barrio (1951)
• Ellos nos hicieron así(1953)
• Una ventana a la vida(1953)
• La dama del mar(1954)
• Mujeres casadas (1954)
• Barrio gris(1954)
• El hombre que debía una muerte (1955)
• El Curandero(1955)
• Oro bajo(1956)
• Rosaura a las 10(1958)
• Isla brava(1958)
• Chafalonías(1960)
• Propiedad(1962)

As screenwriter[link]

• El alma del bandoneón (1935)
• La barra mendocina (1935)
• Viento Norte (1937)
• Con las alas rotas (1938)
• La cabalgata del circo (1945)
• Una ventana a la vida (1953)
• La dama del mar (1954)
• Barrio gris (1954)
• Oro bajo (1956)
• Rosaura a las 10 (1958)
• Isla brava (1958)
• Los acusados (1960)
• Propiedad (1962)

Further reading[link]

• Tomas Abraham article about Soffici (Spanish)

External links[link]

• Mario Soffici at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Mario Soffici 1930s Noche federal (1932) El alma del bandoneón (1935) La barra mendocina (1935) Puerto nuevo (1936) Cadetes de San Martín (1937) Viento Norte (1937) Kilómetro 111 (1938) El viejo doctor (1939) Prisioneros de la tierra (1939) 1940s Héroes sin fama (1940) Cita en la frontera (1940) Yo quiero morir contigo (1941) El Camino de las llamas (1942) Vacaciones en el otro mundo (1942) Cuando la primavera se equivoca (1942) Tres hombres del río (1943) Despertar a la vida (1945) La cabalgata del circo (1945) Besos perdidos (1945) La pródiga (1945) Celos (1946) El pecado de Julia (1947) La gata (1947) La Secta del trébol (1948) Tierra del Fuego (1948) 1950s La barca sin pescador (1950) El Extraño caso del hombre y la bestia (1951) La indeseable (1951) Pasó en mi barrio (1951) Ellos nos hicieron así (1953) Una ventana a la vida (1953) La dama del mar (1954) Mujeres casadas (1954) Barrio gris (1954) El hombre que debía una muerte (1955) El Curandero (1955) Oro bajo (1956) Rosaura a las 10 (1958) Isla brava (1958) 1960s Chafalonías (1960) Propiedad (1962)

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