Álvaro Melián Lafinur Explained

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]

Notes and References

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

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