Ernesto Sabato
ARGENTINA, 1911 - 2011
CERVANTES PRIZE, 1984
MENÉNDEZ PELAYO INTERNATIONAL AWARD, 1997
Ernesto Sabato earned his doctorate in Physics and worked on atomic radiation at the Curie Laboratory in France until 1945, when he dropped science to devote himself exclusively to literature. His novels and essays have made an impact on generations of readers, who consider him a ‘fellow traveller’ for his proximity to human experience. He has received a great deal of recognition for the quality of his work as well as his coherent work as a defender of human rights. His work has affected many different generations of readers, making Sabato a canonical writer in Argentinian literature and an important figure in the philosophy and defence of human rights. Sabato's work has been translated into more than 35 languages.
"Impressive."
Thomas Mann
"I admire his toughness and intensity."
Albert Camus
"Buenos Aires has produced three great writers:
Borges, Cortázar and the great visionary; Sabato."
LE MAGAZINE LITTERAIRE
"A powerful and unforgettable dreamer."
TIME
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By Ernesto Sabato
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NOVEL, 2013.
‘Now that it's going to end with my murder, how did this all begin?' Report on the Blind, a chapter from On Heroes and Tombs, first published in 1961, begins with this question. But because...
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ANTHOLOGY, 2011
Ernesto Sabato Essential is an anthology edited by Ernesto Sabato himself in 1989 for Seix Barral containing what he considered to be the "best" of his work. The volume is now being...
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Spain in the Diaries of My Old Age
NON FICTION, 2004
A trip to Spain in early 2002, while Argentina was in the throes of one of the worst political and economic crises in its history, was the spur for Ernesto Sabato’s new book.True to his...
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NON FICTION, 2000
An essay in the form of 5 long letters addressed to the reader in which Ernesto Sabato reflects on the lack of values of today's society and denounces the inhumanity of technology, encouraging the...
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NON FICTION, 1998
Ernesto Sabato's memoir is a unique book: his spiritual will and testament. It is the story of a young man born in La Pampa who successfully embarks upon a successful career in science, even...
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NOVEL, 1974
Abaddon the Exterminator ends the trilogy that began with The Tunnel and followed with On Heroes and Tombs. Extending the metaphor of ‘The Report on the Blind’, this profound,...
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NON FICTION, 1963
“This book,” says Ernesto Sabato in his prologue, “is made up of variations on a single theme, a theme that has obsessed me since I started writing: why, how and for whom is...
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NOVEL, 1961
Sobre heroes y tumbas (On Heroes and Tombs) is woven around a violent crime: the scion of a prominent Argentinian family, Alejandra, shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse....
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NON FICTION, 1953
Heterodoxy could well be read as Ernesto Sabato's spiritual autobiography. Originally published in 1953, it remains surprisingly relevant and revelatory to this day: his concerns over the loss of...
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NON FICTION, 1951
Modern times and human strictures are the two philosophical themes explored by Ernesto Sabato in this essential text. Ernesto Sabato analyzes the crisis that has beset modern culture, trying to...
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NOVEL, 1948
An unforgettable psychological novel of obsessive love, El túnel (The Tunnel) was championed by Albert Camus, Thomas Mann, and Graham Greene upon its publication in 1948 and went...
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NON FICTION, 1945
One and the Universe, the first book published by Ernesto Sabato, won first prize in the poetry competition run by the Municipality of Buenos Aires in 1945. The jury included Vicente Barbieri,...
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