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El violento oficio de escribir
Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso
- GenresNonfictionJournalism
438 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Rodolfo Walsh
84 books176 followersRodolfo Jorge Walsh was an Argentine writer, considered the founder of investigative journalism in Argentina. He remains disappeared since March 25, 1977.
After finishing the primary education in his small town in Río Negro Province, Walsh moved to Buenos Aires in 1941, where he completed high school. Although he started studying philosophy at university, he abandoned it and did a number of different jobs, including editorial. In the late 1940s he joined the Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista, from which he later moved to the Peronist cause.
In 1953 he received the Buenos Aires Municipal Literature Award for his book Variaciones en Rojo. In 1957 he finished Operación Masacre, an investigative work on the assassination of opposition figures during the military government of Aramburu. In 1960 he went to Cuba, where, together with Jorge Masetti, he founded the Prensa Latina press agency. He was then close to the CGT de los Argentinos.
Back in Argentina in 1973, Walsh joined the Montoneros radical group, and four years later he was killed during a shoot-out with a special military group that set him an ambush. His body and some of his writings were never seen again. The day before his death he wrote an Open Letter to the Military Junta protesting that their economic policies were having an even greater effect on ordinary Argentines than their human rights abuses.
Four films have been based on his work, including Operación masacre (1973) and Asesinato a distancia (1998), and three of his books were published years after his death, most notably Cuento para tahúres y otros relatos policiales.
After finishing the primary education in his small town in Río Negro Province, Walsh moved to Buenos Aires in 1941, where he completed high school. Although he started studying philosophy at university, he abandoned it and did a number of different jobs, including editorial. In the late 1940s he joined the Alianza Libertadora Nacionalista, from which he later moved to the Peronist cause.
In 1953 he received the Buenos Aires Municipal Literature Award for his book Variaciones en Rojo. In 1957 he finished Operación Masacre, an investigative work on the assassination of opposition figures during the military government of Aramburu. In 1960 he went to Cuba, where, together with Jorge Masetti, he founded the Prensa Latina press agency. He was then close to the CGT de los Argentinos.
Back in Argentina in 1973, Walsh joined the Montoneros radical group, and four years later he was killed during a shoot-out with a special military group that set him an ambush. His body and some of his writings were never seen again. The day before his death he wrote an Open Letter to the Military Junta protesting that their economic policies were having an even greater effect on ordinary Argentines than their human rights abuses.
Four films have been based on his work, including Operación masacre (1973) and Asesinato a distancia (1998), and three of his books were published years after his death, most notably Cuento para tahúres y otros relatos policiales.
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May 5, 2024
Los "defectos" que pueden tener algunos de los textos son lo que hacen a este libro muy valioso para entender los cambios en la vida periodística y militante de Rodolfo Walsh. Así, este libro también se puede leer como una biografía intelectual de Walsh, esa persona que transitó de textos nacionalistas sobre una resistencia militar a crónicas sobre los olvidados de Argentina. Que pasó de escribir por vanidad a comprometerse con una causa al punto de que lo importante era la circulación de la información en lugar de su propio nombre. Ese escritor que en 1974 hizo un recuento muy lúcido (y actual) sobre el conflicto en Palestina.
February 2, 2023
Haber leído gran parte de las piezas de Rodolfo Walsh me invitó a pensar en los grandes cambios que atravesó el periodismo en sus modos de producción en los últimos 40 años. Lo que permanece intacto en gran parte de los profesionales es la pasión en la búsqueda por la verdad, el compromiso con la información de calidad y la ética profesional como bases del oficio.
La pluma de Rodolfo Walsh es única y su gran portafolio me sorprendieron, más con historias pequeñas que tienen gran importancia histórica.
La pluma de Rodolfo Walsh es única y su gran portafolio me sorprendieron, más con historias pequeñas que tienen gran importancia histórica.
June 11, 2023
Una recopilación interesante. Me resultó inspiradora ya que quiero dedicarme a la escritura y estudio periodismo, si es tu caso definitivamente es un libro que debes leer.
May 6, 2022
En esta colección de notas periodísticas Walsh habla de todo: violencia policial, maltrato animal, ecología, lepra, el conflicto de Medio Oriente. Están las primeras entrevistas que dieron origen a "Operación Masacre" y "Quién mató a Rosendo" peor también mucho más ya que la obra del autor es inconmensurable.
September 28, 2025
De la buena. De la buena investigación, de la buena escritura , de la buena crítica.
Es una recopilación minuciosa e incluso comentada de la obra periodística de Walsh, donde vamos viendo cómo va definiendo su estilo y sus convicciones.
Me gustaron especialmente las crónicas sobre la mesopotamia y la que escribe sobre el conflicto israelí-palestino , hace 50 años, y tan vigente.
Es una recopilación minuciosa e incluso comentada de la obra periodística de Walsh, donde vamos viendo cómo va definiendo su estilo y sus convicciones.
Me gustaron especialmente las crónicas sobre la mesopotamia y la que escribe sobre el conflicto israelí-palestino , hace 50 años, y tan vigente.
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January 1, 2016Edición corregida y aumentada.
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