Arturo Alsina was a Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

an writer and dramatist. Born in Tucumán, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 to a family of Catalan

Catalonia

Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

 origin, he moved to Paraguay with his family in 1909. He remained there the rest of his life, dying in Asunción

Asunción

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...

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Alsina's circle of acquaintance was wide, and he counted among his friends many of the leading Paraguayan intellectuals of the day. Among them were Adriano Irala

Adriano Irala

Adriano Irala was a Paraguayan intellectual, professor and journalist.-Childhood and youth:Irala was born on July 21, 1894 in the town of San Jose de los Arroyos....

, Carlos R. Centurión, Vicente Lamas, Natalicio González, Alejandro Guanes

Alejandro Guanes

Alejandro Guanes was born in Asunción, Paraguay, November 28, 1872. He was son of Francisco Guanes and Matilde Recalde.He was a poet, prose-writer, teacher and journalist. While still a teenager, he traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to continue his studies at the San José High School of the...

, Hérib Campos Cervera

Hérib Campos Cervera

Paraguayan poet Hérib Campos Cervera was born in Asunción, Paraguay, on March 30, 1905, son of Spanish parents, Herib Campos Cervera, also a poet, and of Alicia Diaz Perez, sister of the great intellectual Viriato Díaz Pérez.-Childhood and youth:...

, Julio Correa

Julio Correa

Julio Correa was a Paraguayan poet in Guarani language.He was born in Asunción, August 30, 1890. His maternal grandfather was of Polish origins, and was named Myzkowsky. His father was Portuguese...

, Narciso R. Colmán, Roque Centurión Miranda, Agustín Barrios

Agustín Barrios

Agustín Pío Barrios , an eminent Paraguayan guitarist and composer, was born in the department of Misiones, Paraguay and died in San Salvador, El Salvador...

, José Asunción Flores

José Asunción Flores

José Asunción Flores was a Paraguayan composer and creator of the Guarania music genre.-Early life:Flores was born in the poor neighborhood of La Chacarita, in Asunción. As a kid, he had to work as a paperboy and shoeshiner in order to help his mother with food and other necessities...

, Juan Samudio, Jaime Bestard, Pablo Alborno, and Juan Sorazábal

Juan Sorazábal

Juan Sorazábal was a Paraguayan painter and draughtsman. A native of Asunción, he later moved to Buenos Aires, where he died. He was friends with Arturo Alsina, the playwright.-References:...

. He also worked closely with Manuel Ortiz Guerrero

Manuel Ortiz Guerrero

- Biography:Guerrero was born at Ybaroty, a neighborhood in the city of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Paraguay. He was the son of Vicente Ortiz and Susana Guerrero, who died after giving birth. He was raised by his grandmother, Florencia Ortiz. He realized his first studies in a school in...

, writing the prologue for the latter's complete works, as well as the Historia de la Cultura Paraguaya by Centurión.