Continuing our Beyond Borges series is Alfonsina Storni, one few women to move in the male dominated arenas of literature and theatre in the early 20th century.

Editor’s note: below is an original English translation of Carlos Chernov’s novel ‘El desalmado’ (Soulless). Click here for an interview with the author. 1. The Pilagá appeared in the life of the L’Heritier family three days after the twins Eduardo and Ricardo were born. Ricardo had been born with an unknown sickness: he did not […]

Continuing our series on contemporary Argentine authors, Jessica White speaks to psychiatrist Carlos Chernov and excerpts an original translation of his novel ‘El desalmado.

If all you know about Argentina’s past is that they had a really good writer named Borges, developed a difficult dance called the tango, and a famous soccer player named Maradona, you might want to read Jill Hedges’ new English-language book ‘Argentina: A Modern History’.

Carrying The Indy’s Beyond Borges series in to the 20th century is an author who held a supreme sway over Argentine letters during his lifetime: Leopoldo Lugones.

The latest in Kate Bowen’s ‘Beyond Borges’ series looks at the 19th century gauchesque poet José Hernández: author of Argentina’s national poem ‘Martin Fierro’.

Continuing our series on contemporary writers in Argentina, Jessica White speaks to playwright Marcelo Pitrola about his creative process and his prize-winning first original play, ‘The Peronist Princess’.

An excerpt from Ian Barnett’s official translation of Marcelo Pitrola’s first original play, the prize-winning ‘The Peronist Princess’

The Beyond Borges series introduces gauchesque poet Estanislao del Campo, whose playful twist on the genre pushed the gaucho protagonist to the forefront of Argentine writing.

In the latest installment of our ‘Beyond Borges’ series, Kate Bowen looks at Bartolomé Hidalgo, an early 19th century poet known as the ‘Godfather of the Gauchesque’