Ernesto Sábato

Anna Hamling (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton)

Ed. by Ben Bollig, University of Oxford
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 5.1.1: Hispanic Writing and Culture of South America.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (Universidad de Antioquia), Ben Bollig (University of Oxford), Ceire Broderick (University College Cork), Nuala Finnegan (University College Cork), Anna Forné (Gothenburg University), Cara Levey (University College Cork), Carolina Orloff (Independent Scholar - Europe), Lori Oxford (Western Carolina University), Ailsa Peate (University of Westminster)

Dates

Born 24 Jun 1911
Died 30 Apr 2011
Activity 1943-2011

Places

Born in Argentina
Active in Argentina

Activities

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Essayist
Novelist

Resources

Ernesto Sábato is one of the most acclaimed Argentinean writers, essayists, scientists, painters and intellectuals; it could even be argued that he is one of the great literary figures of the 20^th century. His philosophical, psychological and political essays earned him a place in the intellectual elite of existential writers, beside Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.

Sábato, was born on 24 June, 1911 in Rojas, a little town in the province of Buenos Aires, to a well to do family of Italian immigrants who had eleven children and were the owners of a village flour mill. Ernesto received his secondary education at the Colegio Nacional (1924-28) in Buenos Aires where he experienced anguish and solitude away from his …

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Citation: Hamling, Anna. "Ernesto Sábato". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 September 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11971, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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