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Ernesto Sábato

Overview

  • Born
    June 24, 1911 · Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Died
    April 30, 2011 · Santos Lugares, Buenos Aires, Argentina (complications from bronchitis)

Biography

  • Ernesto Sábato was born on June 24, 1911 in Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was a writer, known for The Power of Darkness (1979), The Tunnel (1988) and El túnel (1952). He was married to Matilde Kusminsky. He died on April 30, 2011 in Santos Lugares, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Family

  • Spouse
      Matilde Kusminsky(1936 - 1998) (her death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Mario Sábato

Trivia

  • Son of Italian immigrants from Calabria.
  • Sábato was awarded a doctorate in physics and took courses in philosophy at the University of La Plata (Argentina). He went to work in the Curie Laboratory in Paris, but in 1945, decided to devote himself exclusively to literature.

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  • Thinking about God always inspires death.
  • A genius is someone who discovers that the stone that falls and the moon that doesn't fall represent one and the same phenomenon.
  • The hardest thing is when you try to please someone who is not convinced.

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