Alfredo Varela (24 September 1914 – 25 February 1984) was an Argentine writer. A communist, he won the Lenin Peace Prize 1970-1971 and was awarded with the Order of Friendship of Peoples by the Soviet Union. His most famous novel was The Dark River (Spanish: Río oscuro; German: Die Matepflücker oder der dunkle Fluß), adapted into a film by his friend Hugo del Carril in 1952 as Las aguas bajan turbias.[1]
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1914. He started as a journalist in Crítica newspaper. He was jailed many times due to his communist activities.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mateu, Cristina. "Encuentros y desencuentros entre dos grandes obras: El río Oscuroy Las aguas bajan turbias (Argentina, 1943/1952)". New World New Worlds. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ "Alfredo Varela, Argentine communist journalist" (PDF). CIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2020.