Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley
| R-E Montes i Bradley | |
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Head Shot, c.1952
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| Born |
June 9, 1905 Rosario, Argentina |
| Died | December 22, 1976 (aged 71) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentina |
| Spouse | Virginia Picot |
| Children | Rodolfo Montes i Picot |
| Relatives | Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Eduardo Bradley |
Ricardo Ernesto Montes i Bradley, poet, essayist, historian, art and literary critic and diplomat born on June 9, 1905 in Rosario, Argentina. He was Honorary Consul of México in Rosario, professor of Fine Arts, publisher, columnist and contributor in newspapers and literary magazines in Latin America. R-E Montes i Bradley held Doctorates in the Law, Diplomacy, History and International Law. He was an active member of the International Institute of Ibero-American Literature and the International Association of Critics; Correspondent Member of the National Academy of Arts and Literature of Cuba and of the National Academy of History and Geography of Mexico; Honorary Member of the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry (Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica); member of the Sociedad Argentina de Escritores (SADE); a member of the Círculo de la Prensa and the Colegio de Abogados de la ciudad de Rosario; co-founded the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Rosario; member of the Asociación de Críticos de México. As publisher he was responsible for the Boletín de Cultura Intelectual, which he also directed; the art magazines Revista Paraná and Cuadernos del Litoral were also the result of his commitment to journalism in the arts. The last two publications were dedicated to promote the works of local artist, writers, poets in the region known as Paraná, Rosario de Santa Fe and vicinity.
In the early 1950s Montes i Bradley left Argentina like many other intellectuals, including Julio Cortázar, Osvaldo Bayer and J. Rodolfo Wilcock and relocated in Mexico. In Mexico City Montes i Bradley befriended Alfonso Reyes, Carlos Fuentes, Diego Rivera,David Alfaro Siqueiros, Héctor Tizón amongst other players in Mexico's cultural establishment in the fifties and sixties. In 1964 he was designated Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Embassy of Argentina in México. Montes i Bradley returned to Argentina in 1973. He died in Buenos Aires on November 22, 1976.
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