Ernesto Sabato
Born 24 Jun 1911 · Died 30 April 2011
From Caucete, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina · Nationality: Argentina · Writes fiction and nonfiction
Ernesto Sabato (born June 24, 1911, in Rojas, Buenos Aires; died April 30, 2011, in Santos Lugares, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, painter and physicist. His narrative work consists of three novels: *The Tunnel*, *On Heroes and Tombs*, and *Abaddon the Exterminator*.
He also made his mark as an essayist with books such as *One and the Universe*, *Men and Gears*, *The Writer and His Ghosts*, and *Apologies and Rejections*, in which he reflects on the human condition, the writer's vocation, and the cultural problems of the twentieth century. He was the second Argentine to receive the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1984), after Jorge Luis Borges (1979).
Quotes
“Un genio es alguien que descubre que la piedra que cae y la luna que no cae representan un solo y mismo fenómeno.”
A genius is someone who discovers that the stone that falls and the moon that do
Quotes from Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Books by Ernesto Sabato in order
Books by Ernesto Sabato in the order they were published, from Uno y el universo (1945) to El túnel. - 1. ed. (2009).
- 1Uno y el universo
Uno y el universo1945 - 2El túnel
El túnel1948 - 3El otro rostro del peronismoEl otro rostro del peronismo1956
- 4On Heroes and Tombs
On Heroes and Tombs1961 - 5El escritor y sus fantasmas
El escritor y sus fantasmas1963 - 6Tango
Tango1963 - 7Tres Aproximaciones a La Literatura De Nuestro Tiempo
Tres Aproximaciones a La Literatura De Nuestro Tiempo1968 - 8Itinerario
Itinerario1969 - 9La Cultura En La Encrucijada Nacional
La Cultura En La Encrucijada Nacional1973 - 10The Angel of Darkness
The Angel of Darkness1974 - 11Páginas De Ernesto Sábato
Páginas De Ernesto Sábato1983 - 12El túnel / Sobre héroes y tumbas
El túnel / Sobre héroes y tumbas1985 - 13The Writer in the Catastrophe of Our Time
The Writer in the Catastrophe of Our Time1986 - 14Entre la Letra y la Sangre
Entre la Letra y la Sangre1988 - 15Lo mejor de Ernesto Sábato
Lo mejor de Ernesto Sábato1989 - 16Pintura
Pintura1995 - 17El Dragón y la princesa
El Dragón y la princesa1996 - 18Ernesto Sabato - Obra Completa Ensayos
Ernesto Sabato - Obra Completa Ensayos1996 - 19Antes del fin
Antes del fin1998 - 20La Resistencia
La Resistencia2000 - 21España en los diarios de mi vejez
España en los diarios de mi vejez2003 - 22El túnel. - 1. ed.
El túnel. - 1. ed.2009 - 23Πριν το τέλος (Antes del fin)Πριν το τέλος (Antes del fin)