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Ese hombre y otros papeles personales/ That man and other personal papers
Los papeles de Rodolfo Walsh que se presentan en este libro constituyen un diario íntimo o un cuaderno de bitácora fragmentario. Gran parte de esos papeles. los archivos. los cuentos en los que trabajaba. sus anotaciones. fueron robados por el grupo de tareas que allanó su domicilio en San Vicente el 25 de marzo de 1977 y parcialmente rescatados por familiares y amigos en distintas circunstancias.A treinta años de la desaparición de Rodolfo Walsh. su diario. junto con varios cuentos inéditos que fueron reconstruidos a partir de anotaciones sueltas (La fuga . Adiós a La Habana . Ese hombre). vuelve a ser publicado con el agregado de nuevos materiales (entrevistas. cartas) y un preciso rastreo de referencias que ha permitido restituir la mayoría de los nombres propios.La emboscada de la que Walsh fue víctima pretendió cancelar también los efectos de su obra escrita. y por eso es un acto de justicia esta restitución. que es la restitución de sus temas y preocupaciones. de una manera de pensar la literatura. pero. sobre todo. de su historia biográfica y de sus textos. una obra en marcha.
288 pages, Paperback
First published April 30, 2007
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Rodolfo Walsh
84 books177 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 24, 2017
Pensar que encontré este libro revisando un puesto en Parque Rivadavia; y al tener un pequeño error de imprenta (con las hojas, no así con el texto, por suerte), me lo dejaron a precio regalado... Ya estaba resignada a que era un material inaccesible para mí (por precio y localización, quizás), pero apareció. Es una recopilación de lujo, imperdible, que todo aquel que admira a Walsh debería tener la posibilidad de adquirir...
Ah, Walsh hablando de amor tiene mucho de Cortázar ❤
Ah, Walsh hablando de amor tiene mucho de Cortázar ❤
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