Andrés Rivera


Andrés Rivera, born Marcos Ribak was an Argentine writer, born in Buenos Aires. He was at various points a textile worker, a journalist, and a writer. From 1953-1957, Rivera worked as a journalist on the staff of the magazine Plática.

Awards

In 1985 Rivera was awarded the Segundo Premio Municipal de Novela for En esta dulce tierra. In 1992 he won the Premio Nacional de Literatura for his novel La revolución es un sueño eterno. La sierva received recognition as the best book of 1992 by the foundation El Libro. Rivera's novel El farmer, about the final years of Juan Manuel de Rosas was one of the best selling books in Argentina during 1996. In 2004, he received a Konex Merit Diploma for literature.

Personal life

He lived in Córdoba with his wife Susana Fiorito. He died there on 23 December 2016 at the age of 88.

Works