Marcos Sastre
| Marcos Sastre | |
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Portrait of Marcos Sastre.
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| Born |
October 2, 1808 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | February 15, 1887 (aged 78) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Citizenship | Argentina |
Marcos Sastre (2 October 1808, Montevideo – 15 February 1887, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine writer, born in neighboring Uruguay. He founded, along with Juan B. Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez and Esteban Echeverría, the Salón Literario, the beginning of the Generation of '37.
He started his schooling in Montevideo, but his family moved to the city of Santa Fe in Argentina during the Portuguese occupation. He finished his secondary schooling at the Monserrat School in Córdoba, where he started his studies on art and painting.
After the war with Brazil, he returned to Montevideo, where he founded a school and published a book for the teaching of reading. He moved to Buenos Aires in 1830, and began studying law at the University of Buenos Aires, but did not finish. He studied painting with various renowned artists.
The following year, he opened a bookstore, "Librería Argentina". In the back room, a new literary club, the Salón Literario ("Literary meeting room") started meeting in 1835. The regular members to the Salón were youths interested in culture, politics and the scientific progress: Miguel Cané, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Juan María Gutiérrez, Esteban Echeverría, and Vicente Fidel López. Their meetings at the beginning discussed literature, arts and fashion, influenced by the ascendancy of romanticism in Europe at the time. They also discussed politics and culture, subjects that later became the core of their meetings.
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