José María Arguedas in Argentina: Notes on a search

Abstract

In 60th decade, José María Arguedas novels were in bookstores in the city of Buenos Aires. Piles of copies were assembled, quickly sold and reassembled. Since the publication of Las venas abiertas de América Latina by Eduardo Galeano, Los ríos profundos and Todas las sangres, in second place, constituted the obligatory texts of a reading public challenged by the Latin American. As we know, José María was a collaborator of the Sunday supplement of the newspaper La Prensa of Buenos Aires between November 1938 and June 1948. However, his links with Argentina began in 1935, with his participation in the literary contest organized by the "Revista Americana de Buenos Aires". The notes that are presents derived from a more extensive research, in full development. For this reason, some of them are of a provisional nature. These notes trace the main personal, cultural links that Arguedas built with Argentine artists and intellectuals from 1935 until his death in 1969.