Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (November 2, 1935 -- September 20, 2002) was an Argentine

Argentina

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 writer, born in Esperanza, Santa Fe

Esperanza, Santa Fe

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. From his mother side, he is related to Argentinean painter Sebastian Spreng

Sebastian Spreng

Sebastian Spreng is an Argentine-American visual artist and music journalist.-Biography:Born in Esperanza, Santa Fe of German ancestry, is a self-taught artist and music journalist, related from his mother side to writer Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer , also a native of Esperanza, the first formally...

, also a native of Esperanza.

He was part of the latin american literature boom of the 1960s. He graduated as a lawyer at the Universidad del Litoral (Santa Fe

Santa Fe, Argentina

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) but never practiced law. He wrote novels, essays, short stories, children's books, scripts and theatre plays. He was also a renowned journalist. His books have been translated into many languages (English language

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, French language

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, Portuguese language

Portuguese language

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, Dutch language

Dutch language

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 and Polish language

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, among others).

He was also part of the jury in many literary contests. His main theme was Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, and he was named "Ciudadano Ilustre de la Ciudad" (Distinguished Citizen of Buenos Aires).
He was married to Beatriz Trento and divorced and had three children: Florencio, Nicolás and Agustín. None of them is a writer. He died in Buenos Aires in 2002.

Works

Novels

• Para comerte mejor (1968)
• Guía de pecadores (1972)
• La hora de María y el pájaro de oro (1975)
• Será por eso que la quiero tanto (1975)
• Medias negras, peluca rubia (1979)
• ¿Somos? (1982), Magia blanca (1986)
• Kerkya, Kerkyra (1988), Bajo amor en alta mar (1994)
• El príncipe de los lirios (1995). Short stories' collections: Fabulario (1960)
• Ta te tías y otros cuentos (1980)
• Jaque a Pa y Ma (1982)
• No son tan Buenos tus Aires (1982)
• Un ángel en patitas (1984)
• Buenos Aires por arte de magia (1986)
• Historia y cuentos del alfabeto (1987)
• Angeles buscando infancia (1987)
• Nombres de mujer (1988), Malas malísimas (1998)
• Diez fantasmas de Buenos Aires (1998)

Essays

• Carta abierta a Buenos Aires violento (1970)
• Manual para nativos pensantes (1985)
• A Buenos Aires (1986)
• El peinetón (1986)

Scripts

• Vení conmigo (1972)
• La hora de María y el pájaro de oro (1975)
• Desde el abismo (1980)
• ¿Somos? (1982).