Horacio Quiroga(1878-1937)
- Writer
Quiroga was born in Uruguay, but he went to Argentina in 1901, to live
and work. His life was marked by a series of tragic events : his father
had died in an accident with a rifle, briefly after that he lost his
eldest brother and his stepfather in another accident. In 1900 he lost
his best friend in an accident with a pistol ànd his wife committed
suicide. In 1937, Quiroga learned that he was seriously ill and
committed suicide.
