David Viñas

David Viñas was born in Buenos Aires on 28 July 1927, the son of a Radical judge and of a Jewish mother who had emigrated from Russia, according to La Nación. In 1953, he founded the review Contorno with his brother, Susana Fiorito and Adelaida Gigli, an alternative to Sur according to Carolina Suárez Hernán. Under the dictatorship, his two children were abducted and disappeared; exiled in Spain and Mexico, he returned in 1984 and taught Argentine literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He died on 10 March 2011.

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• NovelLos dueños de la tierraDavid Viñas · 1958not translated into EnglishLiterature