Florida Grupo
The Grupo Florida (Spanish: Florida Group) was a literary association in Buenos Aires , Argentina .
In the 1920s, avant-garde writers united under the credo " L'art pour l'art ". They derived their name from one of the most modern streets in Buenos Aires, Calle Florida . The mouthpiece of their association and the platform for their first publications were the magazines Proa and Martín Fierro . Due to the latter, they were initially sometimes called Grupo Martín Fierro ( Martínfierristas ). This name refers to the Argentine national epic El gaucho Martín Fierro by José Hernández .
Known members
- Aquiles Badi (1894-1976)
- Héctor Basaldúa (1895–1976)
- Francisco Luis Bernárdez (1900–1978)
- Antonio Berni (1905-1981)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
- Norah Borges (1901-1998)
- Horacio Butler (1887-1983)
- Emilio Centurión (1894-1970)
- Macedonio Fernández (1874–1952)
- Raquel Forner (1902-1988)
- Oliverio Girondo (1891-1967)
- Ricardo Güiraldes (1886–1927)
- Norah Lange (1905–1972)
- Eduardo González Lanuza (1900-1984)
- Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970)
- Evar Méndez (1855–1955)
- Horacio Rega Molina (1899–1957)
- Ricardo Molinari (1898–1996)
- Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979)
- Pelegrina Pastorino (1902–1988)
- Emilio Pettoruti (1892–1971)
- Juan del Prete (1897-1987)
- Conrado Nalé Roxlo (1898–1971)
- Xul Solar (1887–1963)
- Lino Enea Spilimbergo (1896–1964)
- Raúl González Tuñón (1905–1974)
See also
Web links
- Carlos Dotro: Los groups de Florida y Boedo. Lo estético y lo social . In: El Muro. Revista Cultural de Buenos Aires .