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Álvaro Melián Lafinur

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Álvaro Melián Lafinur
Álvaro Melián Lafinur
Álvaro Melián Lafinur

Álvaro Octavio Melián Lafinur[1] (16 May 1893 – 1958)[2] was an Argentinian poet and critic.

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.[3][4] 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.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Alvaro Octavio MELIÁN LAFINUR" (in Spanish). Biblioteca Nacional de Maestros.
  2. ^ Imbert, Enrique Anderson (1969). Spanish-American Literature: A History. Wayne State University Press. p. 506. ISBN 0814313884. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ Croce, Marcela; Gallo, Gastón (2008). Enciclopedia Borges (in Spanish). Editorial Alfama. p. 316. ISBN 9788493624972. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ^ Gasquet, Axel (2016). El llamado de oriente: Historia cultural del orientalismo argentino (1900-1950) (in Spanish). EUDEBA. p. 211. ISBN 9789502358987. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ Benítez, Luis (2015). Borges para leer en 30 minutos (in Spanish). Ediciones LEA. p. 11. ISBN 9789877183412. Retrieved 4 July 2017.