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Alberto Gerchunoff
Alberto Gerchunoff (January 1 1883–March 2 1949), was an Argentine writer born in
Russia. His family emigrated in 1889 to the agricultural colony of
Rajil, founded by philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch as a haven for Jews fleeing the pogroms of Europe. Later, he lived in
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- He was an indisputable writer, but his reputation transcends that of a man of letters. Unintentionally and perhaps unwittingly, he embodied an older type of writer ... who saw the written word as a mere stand-in for the oral, not as a sacred object.
Although he worked primarily as a journalist for Argentina's leading newspaper
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