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Alberto Gerchunoff
Argentine writer (1883–1950)
Alberto Gerchunoff (January 1, 1883 – March 2, 1950), was an Argentine writer born in the Russian Empire, in the city of Proskuriv, now Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
Biography
His family emigrated in 1889 to the Argentine Jewish agricultural colony of Moïseville, now Moisés Ville, Santa Fe. His father, Rab Gershon ben Abraham Gerchunoff was murdered by a gaucho on February 12, 1891.
After a few months the family moved to Rajil, another Jewish settlement near Villaguay, Entre Ríos.
Escuela alberto gerchunoff biography
The colony was founded by philanthropist Baron Maurice de Hirsch as a haven for Jews fleeing the pogroms of Europe. Later, he lived in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires. Jorge Luis Borges described him thus:
- 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 ob
- He was an indisputable writer, but his reputation transcends that of a man of letters.