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Ricardo Piglia (November 24, 1941 in Adrogué – January 6, 2017 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.
May 7, 2024 · Ricardo Piglia (born November 24, 1941, Adrogué, Argentina—died January 6, 2017, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer and critic best known for his introduction of hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public.
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Aug 15, 2017 · Alejandro Chacoff on the allure and prescience of the late Argentine writer Ricardo Piglia’s novel “Artificial Respiration.”
Jan 6, 2017 · Ricardo Piglia was an Argentine author, critic, and scholar best known for introducing hard-boiled fiction to the Argentine public. Born in Adrogué, Piglia was raised in Mar del Plata. He studied history in 1961-1962 at the National University of La Plata.
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Jan 17, 2017 · Ricardo Piglia, the Walter S. Carpenter Professor of Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain, Emeritus, at Princeton and professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures, emeritus, died Jan. 6 of cardiac arrest from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jan 17, 2017 · Ricardo Piglia died on January 6, 2017. His death left us, his many Hispanic readers, feeling orphaned. Not in the manner of the great founding fathers—Márquez, Paz—nor the idols—Bolaño, Pizarnik—nor even the immortal myths—Borges, Rulfo.
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Jan 12, 2017 · Ricardo Piglia (Buenos Aires, 1940–2017), professor emeritus at Princeton University, is unanimously considered a classic of contemporary Spanish-language literature.
