Alfredo Varela

Argentinian writer (1914-1984) · Argentina · On the map · Writers · Died at 69

Alfredo Varela was an Argentine writer. A communist, he won the Lenin Peace Prize 1970-1971 and was awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples by the Soviet Union. His most famous novel was The Dark River, adapted into a film by his friend Hugo del Carril in 1952 as Las aguas bajan turbias.

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