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Flix Luna
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Flix Luna (September 30, 1925 November 5, 2009) was a prominent Argentine writer, lyricist and historian.

Flix Luna

Life and times

Luna was born in Buenos Aires to a family originally from La Rioja Province, in 1925. A grandfather had founded the La Rioja chapter of the newly established centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR) in 1892, and an uncle, Pelagio Luna, had been Vice President of Argentina for President Hiplito Yrigoyen, between 1916 and 1919. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires and earned a law degree in 1951. He was rst published in 1954, with his biographical work, Yrigoyen. Opposed, as most in the UCR were, to the populist President Juan Pern, Luna, after the 1955 overthrow of Pern, was appointed as Director of the Ministry of Labor's Employee Benets Plan in 1956. Luna received his rst literary prize in 1957 for his period tale, La fusilacin (The Firing Squad); set in the nineteenth century, the work followed the controversial 1956 execution of General Juan Jos Valle and 27 others. This was followed by a biography of Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Yrigoyen's chief rival within the UCR, in 1958.[1] He taught as Professor of the History of Institutions at his alma mater's Law School between 1963 and 1976, and Contemporary History Professor at the private University of Belgrano between 1967 and 1986. Continuing to write, some of his best-known works from this period were Los caudillos, a look at provincial strongmen of the 19th and early 20th centuries (1966), El 45, referring to the pivotal year 1945 in Argentina (1968), and Argentina: de Pern a Lanusse, an overview of the tumultuous generation between Pern's 1945 advent and 1973.

Born Died Resting place

September 30, 1925 La Rioja Province November 5, 2009 (aged 84) Buenos Aires Buenos Aires

Occupation Historian, Writer, Lyricist Language Spanish

Nationality Argentine Citizenship Argentina Alma mater University of Buenos Aires Period Genres Subjects Notable work(s) 19th and 20th Centuries History Argentina's History Todo es Historia, Presidential Biographies, Brief History of the Argentines

Luna collaborated with pianist and composer Ariel Notable Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires, Ramrez as a lyricist for what arguably became the bestaward(s) Ordre national du Mrite, Konex known work for either man: the Misa Criolla (Creole Award Mass), in 1964. This joint success was followed by Mujeres Argentinas (Argentine Women), in 1969, among whose themes Alfonsina y el mar (an ode to the ill-fated poet Alfonsina Storni) became particularly wellknown. Ramrez and Luna were joined by traditional folklore vocalist Mercedes Sosa for Cantata Sudamericana, a 1972 album which made the latter an iconic gure in the music of Argentina.
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As a historian, Luna sought to make the subject approachable to the public at large, contributing weekly editorials on current events in that context for Clarn, the country's leading newspaper, between 1964 and 1973, and as host of Hilando nuestra historia (Weaving Our History), an educational radio program, between 1977 and 1982, as well as numerous other radio and television specials on the subject.[1] Offering up biographies on Presidents Roberto Ortiz (1978) and Julio Roca (Soy Roca, 1989), a comprehensive trilogy on the Pern years, and the pocket Breve historia de los argentinos (Brief History of the Argentines, 1993), among other books, he became known for his narrative style and pragmatic viewpoint on contentious events.[2] He founded an Argentine history monthly Todo es Historia (Everything is History), in 1967, and continued to direct the prestigious publication right until his death.[3] Luna has been honored with numerous Konex Awards, the highest distinctions in the Argentine cultural realm, since 1984 for his work as a historian, biographer and lyricist, as well as a French Ordre national du Mrite in 1988, and similar distinctions from Brazil, Chile and Per. He was Secretary of Culture for the city of Buenos Aires in 198689, and was named an Illustrious Citizen thereof, in 1996.[1] He died in Buenos Aires on November 5, 2009.[4]
Vocalist Mercedes Sosa, Luna, and composer Ariel Ramrez at work in 1972.

References

1. ^ a b c Fundacin Konex: Flix Luna (Spanish) (http://www.fundacionkonex.com.ar/premios/curriculum.asp?ID=1451) 2. ^ Monografas: Flix Luna (Spanish) (http://www.monograas.com/trabajos62/felix-luna/felix-luna.shtml) 3. ^ Todo es Historia (Spanish) (http://www.todoeshistoria.com.ar/indice.htm) 4. ^ Revista : Muri Flix Luna (Spanish) (http://www.revistaenie.clarin.com/notas/2009/11/05/_-02034548.htm)

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