Argentine Culture, Economy and Society
Literature, Philosophy and Intellectual Life
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- Which masterpiece collection of fantastic short stories by Jorge Luis Borges was published in 1944?
- Which 1963 landmark counter-novel by Julio Cortázar features multiple reading pathways and an expendable chapters guide?
- Which 1940 fantastic novella by Adolfo Bioy Casares features an island where a machine records and reproduces holographic realities?
- Which Argentine physicist and novelist authored 'El túnel' (1948) and chaired the CONADEP commission in 1984?
- Which epic poem written by José Hernández in 1872 is considered the national literary masterpiece of Argentina?
- Which renowned feminist poet wrote 'El dulce daño' and ended her life by walking into the sea at Mar del Plata in 1938?
- Which influential literary and cultural magazine was founded in Buenos Aires in 1931 by Victoria Ocampo?
- Which 1929 urban novel by Roberto Arlt portrays an eccentric secret society planning a revolution financed by brothels?
- Which pioneer of creative non-fiction wrote 'Operación Masacre' in 1957, exposing clandestine police executions?
- Which Argentine humorist and cartoonist created the world-famous comic strip 'Mafalda' in 1964?
- Which foundational essay published in 1845 by Domingo F. Sarmiento analyzed the conflict between urban culture and rural caudillos?
- Which 1871 romantic short story by Esteban Echeverría is widely regarded as the first Argentine short fiction?
- Which modernist poet and intellectual served as director of the National Library and committed suicide in 1938 at the Tigre Delta?
- Which 1926 novel by Ricardo Güiraldes immortalized the rural mentorship between an orphan youth and an elderly gaucho?
- Which 1956 existentialist novel by Antonio Di Benedetto portrays a forgotten colonial Spanish official awaiting a transfer in Paraguay?
- Which 1976 novel by Manuel Puig depicts the intimate conversations between an imprisoned political militant and a homosexual decorator?
- Which surrealist poet, who tragically took her life in 1972, wrote 'Árbol de Diana' and 'Extracción de la piedra de locura'?
- Which comic strip by Roberto Fontanarrosa follows an illiterate, philosophical gaucho and his cynical talking dog Mendieta?
- Which comic strip superhero created by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López in 1957 resisted an alien invasion?
- Which landmark 1918 university document proclaimed that 'The pains that remain are the liberties that we lack'?
- Which 19th-century intellectual founded the Argentine Socialist Party in 1896 and translated Marx's 'Das Kapital' into Spanish?
- Which famous 1913 philosophical essay by José Ingenieros critiqued conformism and celebrated moral idealism?
- Which Argentine-born philosopher developed the 'Philosophy of Liberation' (Filosofía de la Liberación) in the 1970s?
- Which world-renowned philosopher of science, born in Argentina in 1919, taught at McGill and authored the 'Treatise on Basic Philosophy'?
- Which Argentine writer and translator won the Cervantes Prize in 1999 and wrote the lyrical novel 'Museo de la novela de la Eterna'?
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