Enrique Larreta


Enrique Rodrguez Larreta was an Argentine writer, academic, diplomat and art collector.

Larreta was born in Buenos Aires to Adela Maza and Carlos Rodrguez Larreta. A member of a traditionally upperclass family from Uruguay, he was married to Josefina Anchorena Castellanos, a daughter of one of the most aristocratic, landowning families of Argentina, the Anchorenas. They had five children Mercedes, Enrique , Josefina , Agustin and Fernando . He studied law, and graduated at the University of Buenos Aires in 1897. He later taught medieval history at the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, and worked as history teacher.

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