Ernesto Sabato in an address.
Ernesto Roque Sabato (1911-2011) was an Argentine writer and essayistHe also stood out as a physicist and painter. His literary work was framed in themes about the human being and his existence. On the other hand, he also devoted himself for a time to conducting research in the field of science.
His decision to move away from physics to dedicate himself to letters made him one of the most prominent contemporary writers. Sabato began to gain popularity in 1945 with the work: One and the universe, one of the best books of the XNUMXth century, of philosophical content, from that moment on, success was swift.
Biography
Birth and family
Ernesto was born in Rojas, Buenos Aires on June 24, 1911, he came from a family of Italian immigrants middle class. His parents were: Francesco Sabato and Giovanna María Ferrari; He was the penultimate of the eleven children that the Sabato Ferrari couple had.
Sabato studies
Ernesto sabato had an extremely complete education, achieving specializations and recognitions. He attended primary education in his hometown. Then, in 1924, when he was thirteen years old, he started high school at the Colegio Nacional de La Plata. Five years later, he began his physics career at the National University of La Plata. At that time he joined the actions of the University Reform.
Civil marriage
Ernesto Sabato met the love of his life: Matilde Kuminsky Richter, in 1933, when he was a university student and was sympathetic to communism. After living together for three years, married civilly in 1936; the couple had two children: Jorge Federico and Mario.
Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer.
Dedication to research
After he got his doctorate in physics and mathematics In 1937, Ernesto Sabato went to Paris to conduct atomic research at the Curie Institute after having won a scholarship. The stay in France opened the doors to surrealism; his eldest son Jorge Federico was also born.
In the late XNUMXs, he went to the United States to work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.After a year he returned to his country. Once in Argentina Sabato decided to put physics aside to dedicate himself to literature, but before he taught at the University of La Plata.
Literary beginnings
Sabato's passion for literature began to materialize in the XNUMXs, when he began to write articles for magazines such as: Public chat y Theseus. In 1945 his first work entitled One and the universe, where science and technology were the central themes.
After three years, in 1948 the most emblematic novel of his career, The tunnel, was published on the pages of South. The psychological treatment of the novel earned the Argentine writer good reviews, this is how he managed to consolidate himself in the world of letters.
Interventions in politics
Sabato had some participation in the politics of his country, among them the position of head of Cultural Relations in 1958. He also openly stated with the letter The other face of Peronism, open letter to Mario Amadeo his rejection of ex-president Perón, and his sympathy for his wife Eva.
Growing Sabato
Ernesto's literary career kept in constant growth, in 1961 he published Over heroes and graves novel icon found between the best books of Latin American literature. There were many trials that were also added to his work; He was the winner of several awards, among them the Cervantes in 1984.
Last years of life and death
The last years of his life the writer spent dedicated to his writings and receiving awards. Among his latest works were: Before the end y The resistance. In 1990, at the age of seventy, he married his life partner, Matilde, in the church.
In 1995 he suffered the severe blow of losing his eldest son Jorge in a traffic accident. Naturally over the years, his health deteriorated and Ernesto Sabato passed away on April 30, 2011 in his native country, at the age of ninety-nine due to bronchitis.
Ernesto Sabato in his library.
Art Works
Novels
The tunnel (1948)
About heroes and graves (1961)
Abaddon the exterminator (1974)
Tests
One and the universe (1945)
Men and gears (1951)
The writer and his ghosts (1963)
Between the letter and the blood (1988)
Before the end (1998)
The resistance (2000)
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