Pablo Rojas Paz

Pablo Rojas Paz (June 26, 1896 - October 1, 1956) was an Argentine writer born in TucumÃÂ¡n. He published essays, poetry, short stories, novels and biographies. For his short story collection El patio de la noche (Night's Playground) he was awarded with the National Prize of Literature, in 1940.

Along with fellow writers Jorge Luis Borges, Alfredo BrandÃÂ¡n Caraffa and Ricardo GÃÂ¼iraldes, he founded the Proa magazine, in 1924.

Selected works

Paisajes y meditaciones (1924) (essays)
La metÃÂ¡fora y el mundo (1926) (essays)
ArlequÃÂn (1927) (short stories)
El perfil de nuestra expresiÃÂ³n (1929) (essays)
Hombres grises, montaÃÂ±as azules (1930) (novel)
Hasta aquÃÂ nomÃÂ¡s (1936) (novel)
El patio de la noche (1940) (short stories)
Alberdi, el ciudadano de la soledad (1940) (non-fiction)
BiografÃÂa de Buenos Aires (1943) (non-fiction)
Cada cual y su mundo (1944) (essays)
El arpa remendada (1944) (short stories)
Campo argentino (1944) (short stories)
RaÃÂces al cielo (1945) (novel)
Hombre y momentos de la diplomacia (1946) (short stories)
Los cocheros de San Blas (1950) (novel)
EcheverrÃÂa, pastor de soledades (1952) (non-fiction)
MÃÂ¡rmoles bajo la lluvia (1954) (novel)
El canto en la llanura (1955) (essays)
SimÃÂ³n BolÃÂvar (1955) (non-fiction)
Lo pÃÂ¡nico y lo cÃÂ³smico (1957) (essays)